Cristina Fernandez receives Wen Jiabao with a long list of requests
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Argentina Saturday on an official visit aimed at boosting trade with one of South America's top agricultural producers.
Wen who is scheduled to meet Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Sunday has been travelling across South America since the G-20 summit in Mexico last week, with previous stops in Brazil and Uruguay. The visit continues in Chile after Argentina.
Kirchner and Wen, who met on the sidelines of the G-20 summit, have agreed to increase trade, which last year reached 14.8 billion dollars with 8 billion in China's favour.
China is Argentina's second largest trade partner, mainly dealing in agricultural products. Argentina is the world's number one exporter of flour and soy oil, number three soy bean exporter, and number two corn exporter, said Rogelio Ponton, adviser to the Rosario Board of Trade.
Buenos Aires expects to highlight plans to modernize the Belgrano Cargas railway, said Planning Minister Julio de Vido about Wen's visit in comments aired on state television.
Argentina also hopes to draw Chinese investments in its oil industry, after having seized Spanish oil company Repsol's controlling share of YPF, Argentina's largest oil company.
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Of course these deals will primarily be in China's favour, with CFK being thrown the odd bone to keep her happy. However, I wonder if China will wait out to see how long CFK and her crazy government can hold out against the wrath of the people?
Pan American Energy is 20% Chinese owned I am sure the siege, vandalism and production shut down will be mentioned.
Brazil , Uruguay and Chile looks a safer bet.
Waiting for the positive spin from CFK's propaganda department.
The Chinese have lots of experience working over 3rd world african countries... Argentina will be a breeze.....
Between this and the fi, shes like one of the undead (zombie) shuffling around only instead of repeating brains over and over its islas malvinas, money for oil!!!
They make the rules......
I think the new Premier will have his hands full for the next few years trying to hold it all together. Which will prove to be impossible. They are due for revolutions soon.
Too much corruption, too many ultra rich and ultra poor for it to survive much longer in it's current form.
If you keep up with the news, you will have noticed that the UK recently stopped a Russian vessel believed to be transporting Russian attack helicopters to Syria.
Now, how do you think the UK and USA are going to react to the idea of something transporting nuclear weapons to argieland? There are only two options. Air or sea. Both are unlikely. By air, every concerned country along the route will be refusing to have such a transport in their airspace. Countries such as India might even decide to use their air force to force the aircraft to land. By sea it would be even worse. You can imagine the US and Royal Navy's actions. Also action might be taken by the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy, the Indian Navy, the South African Navy and so on. So, no, you won't be getting any nukes from China. And here's another thought. How do you fancy your Chinese ship being intercepted by British and American nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines guided by satellite technology. Thirty years ago, ONE British submarine put paid to the pride of your fleet. Just imagine a British submarine on your Chinese vessel's port quarter and an American one on its starboard quarter. Both fire two torpedoes. I reckon your ship would just disintegrate. Gone. No trace. No survivors. Such a shame how things can just “disappear” at sea. But then you'd know how to make things disappear at sea, wouldn't you?
As posters 12, 13 and 14 have said, you live in cloud cuckoo land.
I would also like to add to Conquerers excellent post that neither Chile or Brazil would allow Argentina to gain nuclear weapons, given the extremely unstable governments you constantly 'elect', and the fact that you've got your greedy eyes on their territory too.
The Brazilian and Chilean navy's would intercept any such cargo, along with the USN and Royal Navy.
Besides, doesn't your precious CFK want South America to be nuclear free?
The only illegal aliens that ever set foot on the Falklands was on 2 April 1982.
The proper legal authorities turned up and expelled the illegal Argentine squatters off the islands.
Do you remember that? On 2 April 1982, the people of Argentina celebrating, then on the 14 June 1982, the people of Argentina crying, calling your troops cowards for being beaten by a smaller force that had to travel 8,000 miles.
The humiliation still burns deep doesn't it, PH? Forever shamed, and no amount of crying, shouting and rewriting history will ever wash it away.
In the meantime, your President continues to humiliate Argentina further, now by begging the Chinese for help.
Can you smell the desperation in the air around Buenos Aires, PH? It's thick and cloying, isn't it?
Prat-Junta, like a lot of the Malvanistas on here does not LIVE in Argieland. Oh, no, he lives in Canada!
A former British colony is where old Prat-Junta spouts his bollocks from, unless he is back on holiday.
He still does not understand the difference between nuclear powered and armed! At least he has the first part of his tag right.
And as for NATO, just look at the laughable comment @19!
Very fond of executing white trash is Prat-Junta, which probably means he is not white, but I would not be surprised if he did not count himself in the execution.
Indeed she does, she's such a peaceful leader, unlike Cameron
CHINA
Will give you money,
Money buys power,
Power buys influence
Influence controls the debtor.
CFK may well think she is clever with the west,
But little old CHINA is not the west, and not stupid,
As the Argentinean people will surely find out .
.
CFK. Import more of our soy and corn
WJ. NO
CFK. Invest in our oil industry
WJ. NO
CFK. Invest in our rail network
WJ. NO
CFK. Then please sell us some nuclear weapons
WJ. No fluckin chance
CFK. Then please help us beat those nasty Brits and get back the Malvinas Islands
WJ. NO Flight your own Fluckin battles losers
WJ. Can I have some more Flied Lice?
CFK. NO
MEETING OVER
Is this news management because the Chinese are here?
Don't forget the “illegal aliens” that arrived in the Islands in 1832, in the first attempt by Argentina to impose its soverignty on the Falklands.
Same result as the second attempt.
BTW, has anyone heard from Marcos Alejandro on these threads today? I wonder what's happened. I think he lives in Stanley so maybe he is having second thoughts about slamming us on here whilst living amongst us. Maybe his wife has banned him from the computer because she realises what he is doing would not be good for their family if found out. Or maybe he hasn't even got a computer and relies on one at work and isn't working today. FIC, I wonder? Although I can't imagine Spinky would allow his staff internet access. Maybe he's at MPC? Or maybe he has morphed into another character once again. Perhaps MalvinasArgentinas?
Amazing... how come nothing in BA Herald or Mercopress??
www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/06/22/protest-cripples-pan-american-energy-argentina-oil-gas-output/
You clearly know nothing about China or how she works other than what you read in the western press! try living here and doing business here, then perhaps you could make a half decent comment!
Seems its owned 60% BP...10% Chinese.... guess the government will just steal the 60% in the name of national security.....
Requests & NOT “demands”.
Come, come, madame le President(not good enough to be a “la”), assert yourself.
“We want l million Chinese troops with Naval & Air support, to take over the Falklands, err malvinas, by tomorrow”.
No, Mr Wen, we don't want them to stay on afterwards.
“Thats part of the deal?”
“Then we don't want them, afterall”.
Too late, lady. Far, far too late.
Get used to it.
Please Argentina do not become another country in the back pocket of China. Fair investment yes, Chineese colonisation by the back door, no.
Argentina knows all about colonisation,thats how it came into existence. CFKs desperate government is selling the family silver.
Waiting on the big announcement on oil & manufacturing today ,wonder if YPF will get their $35billion?
Jun 25th, 2012 - 03:07 am
I believe the Chinese stake in Pan American Energy is 20%, the violence at Cerro Dragón is rather a slap in the face for the Chinese PM.
Also Cerro Dragón produces about 60% of the natural gas injected in the pipeline to Esquel, Trevelin, El Bolsón, Bariloche, this is a bad scene for winter tourism.
@ 40 Argentina ... the south american centipede....
Why no update in Mercopress,BAH ,Clarin or La Nation? This very serious situation has been going on for 5 DAYS !!! with only the briefest of mentions in Clarin & La Nacion.
The news media is being controlled ,getting more like 1930s Germany everyday.
You been to china?
for me? ... popcorn and beer time....
Ducks?
Yes, and China has US$8 billion more to trade with Argentina than vice-versa. Hardly an equitable arrangement is it?
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