You do know that US government has plenty of GM stocks right? Even if GM files for bankruptcy the US government will bail them out.
With American cars i actually meant American brand cars, whether the car is manufactured in China or in the US is not really the point, as long GM can sell more that means their stocks will start rising again.
Back to the declarations, i never said the US was using this as a trick for disturbing peace between China and Japan. All i said was the islands were not mentioned clearly on the documents back then. Chiang Kai Shek did not represent whole of China, as you know China was divided by two parties CPC and KMT. I think the declaration was written by an American and therefore there's no reason to blame Churchill. If we would have to blame then it would be US and maybe Chiang Kai Shek. What i don't know is why wasn't Mao or any CPC representative at the Cairo Conference. Whether it would have made any difference to avoid today's conflict i will leave it out because there's no point to discuss the CPC's absence right now. Perhaps Chiang Kai Shek thought the Diaoyu islands were included in the declaration after all the document said "all stolen territories by Japan would be returned to China".
I don't understand what you mean with China would be the only one to benefit with the yuan-yen direct trading. If it doesn't benefit Japan why would they agree such thing? If ASEAN countries would also follow this example in the future this would reduce the US$ influence in Asia that's what i mean with influence. I wasn't talking about US helping Japan taking back any islands.
According to Prof. Ding Zhijie, dean of School of Banking & Finance, UIBE, said, "It raises the convertibility of the yuan. And I believe the yuan trading will be accepted by more Asian economies as well as the international markets. It will also push forward the internationalization of the yuan."
The direct trading could save the two countries some 3 billion dollars of transaction fees annually. Zhu Yan, professor of political science & economics, Takushoku University, said, "The new mechanism means trade between the two nations can be settled directly, bypassing the US dollar." China is Japan's largest trading partner, and bilateral trade reached as high as 300 billion US dollars in 2010. About 60 percent of Japan-China trade is conducted in dollars. The direct trading will boost bilateral investment, as well as imports and exports. It will bring convenience in business and lead to considerable reduction of risks caused by fluctuation of the dollar's exchange rates on the world market.
So really if it doesn't benefit both countries then i don't know what is. If other Asian countries would also promote this kind of mechanism then whole Asia can save lots of transaction fee. This means less demand for US$ in Asia thus US$ influence is reduced.
This is better now i can see your point clearly.
The US government did actually hold many of the GM Share now, i ahve to point this out, but this is because GM filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and Government become the biggest administrator of GM (Well, simply because nobody want to bail it out). WHen GM are in the black again, the government will sell all its share
You need to know US Government generally do not interfere with The private sector, so they will let go either when GM is totally busted or GM is back on track, eitherway, it does not change the term for a bit, the only way to earn money by make and selling anything oversea is their stock price. And as far as i know, even if the US Government were benefiting fro mthe whole GM-Chinese Issue (Which is not) Majority of the money will goes to the GM Debtor to pay off the debt and get out of bankrupcy.
To the cairo declaration, there are many flaw in your theory, first one being you don't know who draft the Whole declaration. Even if you do you can't explain how the intentionally missed and in the end they were spot on that the only place or land that they missed will land a major dispute in 21 century? You know the Cairo Declaration is written and signed in the 1943 and not until 1969, did people know there is oil in the area. You do realise the China did not even say a word when US is administrating the Island and only openly claim the island on 1971. So you are saying, so you are saying the US are either THAT INSIGHTFUL or they have some sort of power to predict the future?
Also ,it's common sense that you read and think before you sign, especially in those national level. Even if you go and rent a home, you will read carefully what someone else drafting for you right? Not to mention in that national scale. Even if it's like you say, the US Draft the declaration, which you have no proof, the ROC and Britain still need to read it and sign.
THe third thing being not only Senkaku is left out, there are a lot of Japanese occupation territories are left out too. Places like Kwantong, Both Korea and Western China were not mentioned in the declaration. Does that mean they should contest those too?
As i said, from what i see, whoever draft the cairo declaration think senkaku is small enough to left out or just forgot it ever exist, it's a commulated problem with all 3 parties signing the declaration, not just the American. Of course you can still blame the American if you want, you just have no point.
About the Yuan-yen deal, i did not ever say the deal is bad for japan, in my last response, i said it's bad for japan and good for china IF THE DEAL IS BACKED OFF. which is what you were saying in the previous post, since i was just replying your point i assume you know what i was saying. It's a double benefit to China and Japan if the deal would gone ahead and it will not damage the US if the deal gone ahead, again, unless once they have linked RMB to Yen and japan no longer uses USD to trade with foreign country. Then it will damage the US Dollar as Japan is one of the major reserve of US Dollar in the world. But the truth is, while the world still use US dollar, Japan will NOT abandon US Dollar as their Trading Currency. And if this is so, then whatever Japanese do will not Damage the value of US Dollar.
In this case the RMB is not linked to the Yen, then China will come out ahead, while Japan have setback and US will not change. AS RMB is higher value than Yen and Japan will bound to lose some CHinese market if they are not link to RMB and US will not change anything as both China and Japan will keep using US Dollar when trading with US.
You dont need to give me data on how much Japan have spend on the Chinese Market, i have already told you i know the Japanese is one of the Chinese Major trading partner. But the currency and the value of USD is not just depend on the Sino-Japan trading relation alone. There are about 5 trillion trading with US Dollar in the world last year(3 trillion in 2010), 1 trillion of those is inside US and EU. So even with a few billion lost is not an issue, but then, i doubted even China will cease using US Dollar to trade. I think China have more US Dollar than Japan ( I even believe China have the most US Currency outside US, i am not sure and i need to verify this), so, by pissing Chinese off, we actually creat a more dired situation and more problem with our currency than we sided with Japan, so what you are saying does not make sense, if the Chinese and Japanese trading relation is as you said, then we should be siding with the Chinese, not with the Japs......
You are underestimating the World economy that build on US Dollar, or you are Overestimating the Trading between Japan and China. I seriously doubt they will create any dent if Asia cease to trade with US Dollar and even if they do, that will only moderately damage the US Dollar. Whether or not China or Japan uses US Dollar between each other, it will not stop US Dollar as the world dominate currency.
Again, i am still waiting on how Japan gain control on Senkaku will benefit the US, i can see it benefit the Japs, i don't see how they can benefit the US.
