This thread should be marked OT as it definitely has nothing to do with Berkshire. Ok, it isn't labeled as it should be, and I have a comment which admittedly is even more about politics than economics:

China under it's current leaders is becoming more and more dictatorial as shown by a recent event: Reporters of the official state(!) TV broadcaster CCTC were hindered by police to report about a massive explosion in Yanjiao. To censor a state(!) broadcaster is new even for China. A critical comment of the former chief editor of the also state(!) paper "Global Times" disappeared as quickly as that of the state(!) journalists society.

I think the West should seriously try to reduce it's depency on a country whose leaders convert it more and more into a draconian dictatorship.

Sorry for another post which belongs to the "Political Asylum" board. Couldn't keep my mouth shut.