this is an argument between me and the wife. she does not understand why I dislike a country that tends to copy everything from ideas to actual products.

So i asked her what was the last original idea the chinese came up with? Even with Google, she had trouble with this.

I said paper and gunpowder were the last original ideas.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

Egg foo young?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

The modern e-cigarette

It's actually a major improvement on an American invention from the 1960's, but with modern technology, they were the first to bring it to market.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

I had heard that pasta actually had it's origins in China not Italy. Not an invention, but didn't they build an impressive wall? Kind of reminds me of some current news event. May become our newest tour attraction "The Great Wall Of The USA" if it ever happens. Make check payable to The Donald Tours LLC.

The U.S. economy...

I think it was the other way around. We invented/developed theirs.

At any rate, we definitely improved theirs...

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

The hoverboard.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I was surprised to read that the Chinese invented the chain drive.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

The invention of the mechanical clock 1400 years ago.

Can't imagine any respectable gearhead wouldn't give credit to this:

Bridge girder erection Machine: SLJ900

For the tech savvy out there, how about the world's fastest supercomputer - using Chinese developed processors (since the US blocked sale of high end tech to China)?

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

And the other transportation marvel, the rickshaw.

^ Winner. Go tell your wife they invented a giant erection machine. Argument over. (Feverish Googling follows.)

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Behind every great man is a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.

Would this answer the question without getting too political?

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Carbon aerogel, worlds lightest material, 2013

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I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me. — Winston Churchill