The coming war with China may already have been won while we weren't even looking, thanks to a self-replicating social virus of Yankee commercialism. Go ahead and surrender, China -- it's hopeless.
Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, opened its first outlet in China’s capital Friday, making its inaugural foray into a major Chinese city after setting up 22 stores elsewhere in the country. Thousands of shoppers packed the cavernous Sam’s Club store on the far western edge of Beijing, testing out electronics, puzzling over imported cheese and loading shopping carts full of beer, paper towels and fresh seafood.Posted by Alan at July 14, 2003 07:12 PMvia MSNBC