Quick,namea5000yearoldcountrythatnowranksasthenumber3consumerofhigh-endgoods.DidyouguessIndia?Nope...China...youareright?HowmanymillionairesarethereinChina?MerrilLynchsaysthereare300,000!!Thatdoesnotincluderealestate.Let'ssee.300,000xonemilliondollars=awholelotofmoney.TheBostonConsultingGroupsaysthatmainlandChinamillionairescontrolsome$530Billioninassets.HolyCow!
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Bushsaid,"Itispainfulforthosewholosejobs."I'llsay."Butthefundamentalquestionis,howdoesagovernmentorsocietyreacttothat?Onewayistothrowupprotectionistwalls.Theotherwayistomakesurepeopleareeducatedsotheycanfind-fillthejobsofthe21stcentury.Lastyear,11,375peoplelostjobsthatweremovedoverseas-saystheBureauofLaborStatistics.Theyearbeforeitwas16,197.Iwonderhowtheygotsuchexactfigures.Anyway...Continuereadin...[
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ThereisaflightfromTaipeitoFukuoka(southernJapan)andTokyo.Taiwan'sEVAairlineswww.evaair.comhasteamedupwithoneofJapan'smostpopularcartooncharactersHelloKittywww.hellokitty.comandpicture,continuereading[
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MilwaukeeMayor,TomBarrett,wantstodobusinessinChina.TheadvicehereceivedtoopenuptheChinesemarketwastogetNingbo,www.ningbo.comanautomanufacturinghubsouthofShanghaitoimportlargeenginemotorcycles.Uh,why?BecauseHarley-Davidsonswww.harley-davidsons.comaremadeinMilwaukeeANDtheymightbeabletoattractChinesemoneytoWisconsin'sstrugglingsmallmanufacturers.Chinahas,areyoureadyforthis,aboutHALFoftheworld'smotorcy...[
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HowmanycompanieshaveinvestedorownAmericancompanies?AccordingtoToddM.Malan,presidentoftheOrganizationforInternationalInvestment,aWashingtonLobbyforU.S.subsidiariesofforeign-basedcompanies...thecountiszero,nil,nada,ling,none.However,anotherlistcompiledbytheEmbassyofthePeople'sRepublicofChinainWashingtonsaysitistwo.
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There'salitteguy,HuGe.Heisnorelationtomywife,HuXiangtaoorPrimeMinisterHu.Mywife'snotrelatedtothePMeither.TherearelotsofHusinChina.TherearealotofeverylastnameinChina...anyway....ItseemsHuGegothimselfintrouble,Continuereading...[
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TheRustBelt-Detroit,Milwuakee,andSt.Louis.Thesearewheretheautopartsmakersareandtheyarehurting.Would$820millionhelp?Perhapsitwould,butwhohasthatkindofmoney?Chinadoes-inforeignreserves.Inawww.businessweek.comarticle,CharlesFreeman,who'sfatherservedasPresidentNixon'stranslatoronhisground-breakingtriptoBeijingwaybackin1972,andwhonowheadstheChinaAlliance,athree-year-oldfirmthatistryingtoattractChinesei...[
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IlearnedsomethingtodayaboutChinafromNischalathttp://internetsalsa.blogspot.com/2006/01/dangdang-e-commerce-in-china-part-1.htmlWhatstruckmeishowsimilarthemindsetoftheChineseistothatofAmericanswhene-commercewasjusttakingoff.Americanswereskepticaloforderingandpayingproductssightunseen.Butnowlookatus.Buybuybuy!Andworryaboutpayinglater.Butthat'sadifferentstory.AccordingtoNischal,only14%ofChinesehavecr...[
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Sometreehuggingdirtykisseraskedthisquestion:DoesChina'seconomic/industrialgrowthhurttheglobalenvironment?Theanswerisclear....TwothirdsoftheopinionleadersthinkChina'sgrowthishavinganegativeaffectontheglobalenvironment.Justoverhalf(55%)ofgeneralpublicwonderedwhatwasmeantbythequestionbutfeltsomethingwasgoingwrongwiththeenvironmentandfiguredsinceeverythingelsegetsblamedonChina,theymightaswellblame
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Ifoundalistthatpurportstoknowwhothe10mostbeautifulgirlsinChinaare.WhatthismeanstomeisthatthesearethegirlswearelikelytoseenextonthebigscreeninthemagazinesandsuchhereintheUSasAmericatriestocapitalizeoneverythingChineseANDgettheaverageChinesetolook/read/watch.IsthatwhatIamdoinghere?Hmmm....Hereisnumber2.ThisisLiJiaXinfromHongKong.Yep...andshe'salooker.
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