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Despite the notoriety of Japanese investors, the British have the largest U.S. direct investment holding — with the Dutch not far behind — as has been the case since colonial times. In 1990 the United Kingdom held about 27 percent of foreign direct investment in the United States, significantly greater than Japan's 21 percent. The European Economic Community (EC) collectively holds about 57 percent. Moreover, according to research by Eric Rosengren, between 1978 and 1987, Japanese investors acquired only 94 U.S. companies, putting them fifth behind the British (640), Canadians (435), Germans (150), and French (113).

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Originally posted by caoilte:
We ain't that rich or smart

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I am not qualified to say whether he has achieved hegemony.

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I think you've been checking Rupert Murdoch's backstory... The only surprise is that Whedon thought he could get away with it;
good joke while it lasted, tho

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zoid wrote:
To begin, most of the posts here abouts seem to presume that the Alliance is a merger of Chinese and (U.S.) American spheres of influence. But the moniker, "Sino Anglo Alliance", would indicate Chinese and British governmental dominance.

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Joss Whedon, interview on Fox site, 11/13/02
I went with Chinese so that we could sort of meld the two cultures. I could have Western culture, the American culture, and the Chinese as kind of having grown together. Since they are the two great superpowers of this Earth, I thought instead of killing each other, as everybody seems to be predicting, we will-- what if they in fact came up together and kind of melded? And the Anglo-Sino Alliance is in fact sort of America and China as two major planets in the Core. The Central Planets are Sihnon, which is basically China, and Londinium*, which is basically America.

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And the Anglo-Sino Alliance is in fact sort of America and China as two major planets in the Core. The Central Planets are Sihnon, which is basically China, and Londinium, which is basically America.

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ffying2 quoted JW, thus (in part):

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And the Anglo-Sino Alliance is in fact sort of America and China as two major planets in the Core. The Central Planets are Sihnon, which is basically China, and Londinium, which is basically America.

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Fascinating. Of course, the orginal name of London, England, UK (the World, the Universe) was Londinium when it was the chief settlement of Roman Brittania. Must be a coincidence or else a mistake on Joss' part. I can see that happening...

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