Presentation Write Up

The intent of my presentation is to inform the class about the economic growth of China over the last couple decades and how that growth relates how they live their lives here in America. I touched on this topic in my research paper and it is a topic that I believe is important. China is growing larger and larger by the year and more jobs are available in china by the day. However while all of this is going on In China, In the United States people are out of work and the country increases its debt by the day. Corporations in America are outsourcing jobs to foreign countries such as China because their workers are willing to work for low wages and not benefits. This has a ripple effect however because  if these companies are sending these jobs to China then they are leaving the United States which means that someone in the U.S. is now out of a job. This in return puts strain on the government because of unemployment payments and welfare which then puts the country into more debt.

I am going to begin my presentation by talking about how many things that we use every day in the United States are made in china. Even some American flags are made in China, In 2009 3.0 million dollars worth of American flags were imported from China. I gathered several items from my room that are surprisingly made in China such as a football, baseball, toothpaste, a Los Angeles hat and Nike shoes.  I am then going to talk about how the lack of jobs in the United States can be related to China’s growth. Another thing that people need to be aware of is the massive debt that the United States owes to China. I am also going to talk about how Chinas massive growth is hurting the rest of the world mainly because they have such a large population. Since China has a large population they use a lot of the World’s resources. China uses these resources and then emits toxic chemicals into the earth’s atmosphere which affect people all around the world. China is growing and no one can say that it is not but as Americans we need to preserve our way of life and in order to do this we need to keep our jobs on our own soil and not allow corporations to outsource work to make a quick profit. I still believe that the United States can remain the world’s top economy if we keep our jobs in our own borders.