Originally Posted by Truckracer

?? Not sure where this is going. Capt'n, the Chinese economy grew by about 7.7% in 2013. How does that compare to the USA? By any account, they are not hurting.

And about all the scrap metal that is shipped to China, how do current shipments compare to what has been going over there for the last decade or so?

Of course, all of this is completely irrelevant to this thread.