On Balance, the Rise of China is beneficial to the interests of the United States

My opponent has asked me to cite my evidence I will gladly do so I am going to restate my case, but with the cited evidence Contention 1- China"s cheap manufacturing increases American quality of life These cheap products are benefiting many interests of the United States. According to Washington Post [1], the American people benefit from "Made in China" labels, which indicate high quality and favorable price and increase American families' disposable income. According to the Ohio State University [2], Manipulation of the current yuan value, which will benefit happen as China rises, can help keep the prices of China"s labor lower. It will be "able to ensure it stays artifi"cially low compared to the dollar, making Chinese goods cheaper for U.S. consumers." In addition, according to Bloomberg Businessweek [4], rising imports from China decreases the price of non-durable goods by 2.8%. According to Resources for Entrepreneurs [3] - Perhaps China's greatest competitive advantage and the catalyst for its growth is its cheap and highly skilled work force. The impact is clear. Americans have more purchasing power and will have a higher quality of life because of Chinese goods. This is clearly beneficial to you, judge, when you can afford to buy much more material goods because of China. With the rise of China, more of these affordable goods will be available, clearly benefiting US quality of life. Contention 2- America and it"s companies benefit due to the rise of China According to Washington Post [1], $218.9 billion were totaled as the revenue of US companies in China. Heritage.org [5] states: the US gains much from the economic relationship. China was the third-largest buyer of our exports, a source of strength for our economy. In addition, China helps increase US companies competitiveness. If companies benefit with the rise of China, the US gains more economic relations, and the revenue grows increasing the economy of the United States and the Quality of Life of US citizens. Contention 3- Increase in US profits and trade The rise of China has helped increase trade with China and can lead to many benefits to the United States According to the Office of the United States trade representative [6] U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled $539 billion in 2011, resulting in export profits of $129 billion. According to the Washington Post Since the United States and China established diplomatic relations, bilateral trade volume has grown nearly 120-fold. U.S. direct investment in China has topped $63.1 billion According to World Policy [7], It is essential to remember that China"s rise strengthens America"s economy and future prosperity. Today, China is the largest growth market in the world for U.S. goods and services. Trade with China, has helped America"s recovery from the global financial crisis. The impact is clear- When China rises, the United States is obviously benefited. Trade with China has caused us to help the economy, and if we continue to trade with China as it rises, the US economy will be greatly strengthened. Now for the refutations My opponents keep talking about currency manipulation However 1. Manipulation of the yuan keeps products cheap. This increases the purchasing power of Americans, so that the citizens will have a better quality of life, which is within our interests. 2. According to Heritage.org, In the 1990s, China made its currency cheaper, which many people argue is bad for us. Yet in the 1990s, our unemployment rate fell. Starting in 2005, the PRC slowly pushed the value of its currency up, making its goods more expensive. Many people say this is good for us. Yet after 2005, American unemployment soared. The explanation for this is simple: China barely matters to our unemployment rate. In the 1990s, we had a healthy economy. In the 2000s, we didn"t. That"s the result of our choices, our failures, and our successes. Blaming China is like saying it"s the neighbors that make your house clean or dirty. Lastly, my opponents seem to go straight through my refutations against job loss I am providing clash here, while my opponents are not. They keep extending their arguments disregarding my refutations Thus I will have to repeat them I have 5 refutations 1. China is not stealing jobs as their rise will change them to a service oriented economy, changing the course of our jobs. 2. Since we gave up industrialism, and turned to a service oriented economy, jobs are being shipped overseas. We as the US made that choice. We cannot expect jobs to come to us because the company is "hard core American" and wants the jobs to stay in America, though it might be cheaper for their country to ship their jobs someplace else 3. According to the Fiscal Cliff Times, China"s wages might be increasing we"re not admitting this to our opponents, but in the case our opponents are right, we win in both scenarios. China"s manufacturing productivity will improve at half that rate. There is a shortage of skilled workers even in major manufacturing centers such as Shanghai and Tianjin. In the U.S., wage increases have been minimal for years and will remain at 3 percent or so annually. U.S. productivity will remain higher than China"s by a wide margin, and government incentives are also a factor in attracting US manufacturers back home. "Reinvesting in the U.S. will accelerate," the study says, "as it becomes one of the cheapest locations for manufacturing in the developed world." 4. we can already see a trend: according to a Boston Consulting Group study [{[cited in fiscal times study above]}]: U.S. manufacturing grew at an estimated annual rate of 9.1%in the first quarter of this year, compared with a disappointing 1.8% for the economy as a whole. 5. For instance: Ford is repatriating 2,000 jobs from China to America toy maker Wham-o is repatriating half of its production of Hula Hoops and Frisbees most from China My opponents keep talking about how China is giving sanctions to Iran However I will like to bring up an argument about the RAND corporations It shows that a threat is composed of an intent and a capability China is giving Iran the capability, but nowhere in their case do they talk about the intent. Thus China nor Iran is a military threat There was also an argument about cyber warfare I would like to refute this and add another refutation 1. According to foreignpolicy.com, Washington"s cyber-warfare capability on Beijing"s ability to wage high-technology warfare is equally significant. The same advanced Chinese technologies and weaponry that pessimists argue present a major threat to U.S. security, including asbms, are highly dependent on advanced communication and surveillance technologies that are particularly vulnerable to U.S. cyber attacks. 2. However, although many cyber attacks have been reported to originate from China, the preposition based off of these is simply false. Looking at the data, 85% of Chinese originated cyber attacks were NOT from government or state facilities, but rather, from privately owned computers. This means that independent Chinese hackers are the perpetrators of the majority of these cyber attacks. ALL of the attacks traced to private computers showed no link or coordination with the Chinese government. [1]- http://www.washingtonpost.com... [2]- http://moritzlaw.osu.edu... [3]- http://www.gaebler.com... [4]- http://www.businessweek.com... [5]- http://www.heritage.org... [6]- http://www.ustr.gov... [7]- http://www.worldpolicy.org... Again, if my opponent needs any evidence, just ask for it, and it will be provided As you can see, I do have the evidence! Thank you, and please vote Pro/AFF