Comments on: Why Australia Should Sell BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto to China for $500 bn http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/sell-bhp-rio-to-china/2007/11/23/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: shoufeng Yang http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/sell-bhp-rio-to-china/2007/11/23/comment-page-1/#comment-5009 shoufeng Yang Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:52:26 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/sell-bhp-rio-to-china/2007/11/23/#comment-5009 If they merge, their mines should be bombed in no time so they have to sell the mines for virtually nothing. I do not see any technical difficulty to do that, it only takes about 30 minutes for ICBM to reach Australia from mainland China! If they merge, their mines should be bombed in no time so they have to sell the mines for virtually nothing. I do not see any technical difficulty to do that, it only takes about 30 minutes for ICBM to reach Australia from mainland China!

]]> By: Keith Trotter http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/sell-bhp-rio-to-china/2007/11/23/comment-page-1/#comment-4914 Keith Trotter Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:08:11 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/sell-bhp-rio-to-china/2007/11/23/#comment-4914 You almost had me sucked in there. I was ready to start abusing you for suggesting we prostitute ourselves like that. It's a pretty scary thought, allowing a country, with such a voracious appetite for raw materials, a country that builds from scratch, a city the size of Melbourne every 3 months; unrestricted access to our natural resources. Memories of Nauru's demise are still fresh in my mind. Look how quickly they ran out of bird poop. Thank god you were only joking. Weren't you? You almost had me sucked in there. I was ready to start abusing you for suggesting we prostitute ourselves like that. It's a pretty scary thought, allowing a country, with such a voracious appetite for raw materials, a country that builds from scratch, a city the size of Melbourne every 3 months; unrestricted access to our natural resources. Memories of Nauru's demise are still fresh in my mind. Look how quickly they ran out of bird poop. Thank god you were only joking. Weren't you?

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