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Aide to China

There’s not a day in the world of money that does not report something about China and its emerging market.  Heck, why not, with a GDP of over 8 TRILLION DOLLARS, twice that of Japan, and 6 TIMES that of the United Kingdom.  China is definitely a powerhouse economy that is really heating up. Yet, today you can read about this $100 laptop that is being manufactured by a company named Quanta and distributed by Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child non-profit group.  What is the scandal about this laptop?  Well, nothing really, except that it is going to be distributed in CHINA, as well as India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, and Thailand.  So what, right?  Well, let’s see what the GDPs of those countries are: China: $8,859,000,000,000 India: $3,611,000,000,000 Brazil: $1,556,000,000,000 Argentina: $518,100,000,000 Egypt: $303,500,000,000 Nigeria: $174,100,000,000 Thailand: $560,700,000,000 The UK has an estimated GDP of $1,830,000,000,000, which is just above Brazil and half of