GM Sinks $1.3 Billion Into Chinese Cadillac Factory

Never understood that. Unlike in Japanese, the lateral consonant "L" exists in putonghua but I hear the same thing from the Chinese I know. But, then, why not just carr it Cadirrac if Chinese are more comfortaberr with that? Their market is carring the shots now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJCDzdxiJEo

@Summicron My Chinese girlfriend from Shan Dong has lots of slurred speech on L, R and consonants. She's cute though so I don't make fun.

@bigtruckseriesreview @ Youtube BTSR, been meaning to ask you... You speak the lingo in the real world (vs. academia), how critical are those 4 tones to getting yourself understood?

@Summicron 我的发音不好！ I can type and read better than I consistently pronounce all 4 tones. After years of not practicing, some of my pronunciations are off.

@Summicron 比我好. 谢谢.

How about a Rincron MK whatever?

Bigtruckseriesreview, Why do you like encouraging white supremacists like Summicron and 28-cars-later? If you and your Chinese girlfriend were to ever have children, would you try to make your kids ashamed of their Chinese ancestry?

@VA Terrapin "White supremacists", really? The beauty of a message board is its race neutral until someone gives details about their background. White, black, brown, blue, polka dot, doesn't really make a lick of difference unless you want it too.

@28-Cars-Later 1) White supremacy is a belief, not a physical or cultural trait marking someone's race. A person doesn't have to be white in order to be a white supremacist. 2) I didn't read this article and comments hoping that some would make insults about Chinese people getting Rs and Ls mixed. Bigtruckseriesreview started the insult. You and Summicron piled on. If you don't want someone calling you a white supremacist, keep your racist insults and beliefs you use to attack non-whites to yourself.

@VA Terrapin So a white supremacist doesn't have to be white, but anyone you consider to be a racist is a white supremacist? Why isn't Bigtruckseriesreview a white supremacist in your esteemed estimation?

@VA Terrapin CJinSD, Not everyone who's a racist is a white supremacist. While Bigtruckseriesreview is definitely an anti-Asian bigot, he could be a black supremacist or a white supremacist for all I know. Summicron definitely comes across as a white supremacist, while 28-Cars-Later isn't far behind. I would like to read TTAC without racist baggage that some commentators like to add. But if someone is going to spew racist crap on TTAC, I don't always feel like I should be the one who keeps quiet.

@Small Edible Turtle You're killin' me here... There's a certain East Asian language department at a mighty fine school that would laugh till they peed at my being called a Whaat Su-PREM-acist.

@VA Terrapin Turtle, I hope it makes you feel superior to call other people white supremacists. Please tell all your friends that you worked for social justice today and that the work never stops for tireless college graduates such as yourself. You are a warrior, bro. If you ever had any real-world dealings with actual white supremacists your ignorance on this issue would vanish in an instant. Races mix just fine. You know what doesn't mix? Leftists and humor.

@thelaine "If you ever had any real-world dealings with actual white supremacists your ignorance on this issue would vanish in an instant." +1000 Serious bad guys. They will kill anybody if their sick brains squirt the right chemicals.

@thelaine I could care less if someone on TTAC spends their spare time writing epic love poems to Noam Chomsky or worshipping at the church of Ayn Rand. I could care less if someone on TTAC likes to call Democrats anti-American, taxing and spending baby killers, or if someone on TTAC likes to call Republicans women, minority and gay hating troglodytes. I'm here to enjoy reading about cars, car news and the car industry, and at least a lot of political discussions on TTAC are relevant to the articles being discussed. What definitely takes some of the fun out of TTAC are people who bring their racially hostile baggage over here. What do insults about some Chinese people getting Rs and Ls mixed up when speaking English have to do with GM making a Cadillac factory in China? Nothing. As for dangerous white supremacists, the guys who wear pointy caps and burn crosses or shave their heads, wear Doc Martens and stomp on non-white people pale in comparison to powerful elites who have widespread legitimacy in mainstream society.

A $50,000 car built in China is sold at $50,000 in China. The same $50,000 car built outside of China and imported into China is sold at $75,000 due to import tariffs. That's why they are doing it.

@sunridge place Yes, I guess they are building their investment on this level of math ;-)

@stroker49 I do have to dumb it down on here to make some people understand.

@sunridge place A 25% tariff would put a $50,000 car at $62,500, not $75,000.