Apple could just file a lawsuit!

I dread to think what a war with China would look like, it´d severely cripple both countries..and the whole world.

I think Apple is happy, if China keeps the rare earth minerals in the land - because all the iThings are produced there.

That would be really ugly. But very unlikely. Even Tea Party politicians are that stupid.

Someone needs to make a thread about materials Do0ming the tablets

man, peope REALLY REALLY seem to forget and/or ignore how powerful the US armed forces really are.

Yes China has 10x the man-power, but this is 2012. There isn't a single country that can even remotely compete with the US armed forces due to its sheer technological advancements over the rest of the world.

To put this into perspective, the USA had Nukes in the 1940's. China did'nt develop nukes until 1964.

if a war between China and the US did break out...

1.) It would turn into the next World War.

2.) it would be devestating

3.) it would be remarkably difficult for invaders the invade the USA. (It would HAVE to be done via the AIR as the American coastlines (even outside the USA) are to well protected. china would have to launch every ship in its fleet to the coast of a south American country without the US discovering them (by shooting out all allied controlled satellites), march/fly a thousand+ miles to the USA border while fighting other nations for a naval invasion to work. And that would leave China's mainland completely defenseless.

That's not even taking into account the hate the governments of other powerful ally countries have for communist China. Its logistically impossible for China to win a major war against a major power. Particularly the USA.

You forgot how much in debt the US is in.

And to whom.

Yeah, how will we ever survive without smartphones and iPad's? Imagine the horror!

The US has the rare earths China does, and arguably more. They just don't want to do the ecological damage to the nation, and would rather visit the problems on others than do it themselves.

Which is ironic, given that rare earths are used to power tons of renewables.