Myanmar's opening, however, is strongly motivated by an anti-Chinese sentiment that is part of a much wider global blowback against its commercial and strategic encroachment.
Kwik's ethnic Chinese background, for instance, could have as great an impact on the sentiment of wealthy Chinese entrepreneurs who moved much of their capital offshore as any specific policies he may implement.
On Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu rejected suggestions that the government was stirring up nationalist sentiment among Chinese.
This makes the A-share market unusually susceptible to the sentiment of Chinese household.
The labor volatility at Japanese factories reflects not only the deeply entrenched patriotic sentiment of Chinese workers, but also the hierarchical corporate culture of these firms and the communication difficulties between Chinese workers and Japanese management.
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But with a newly announced commitment to building its brand (a sentiment popular with Chinese OEMs as of late), this particular Memo is proof positive that ZTE's serious about raising its profile and consumer perception.
The extreme wing of UMNO believes that it can win back more votes from these parties by appealing to Malay racial sentiment, than from Chinese voters or from urban Malays now more concerned with economic than ethnic issues.
Analysts sense a change in sentiment because HSBC is already dumping Chinese assets.
One U.S.-educated Chinese lawyer I met with agreed with this sentiment.
Chinese leaders do not want a burst of nationalist sentiment that might backfire should they fail to satisfy popular demands.
American sentiment about China is changing, and Chinese firms have sensed the new mood.
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Anti-Japanese sentiment is creating worries even among relative apolitical Chinese car buyers, namely that Japanese makes will be smashed or damaged by protestors, Yang said.
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Concerns over Cyprus continued to weigh on broad Asian sentiment, while a strong performance of banks and developers sent Chinese markets higher.
There was some more weak economic data coming out of China overnight, as the Chinese non-manufacturing purchasing managers index fell in September, while consumer sentiment also weakened last month.
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If lower-priced Chinese tourbillon watches flood the market then it is only a matter of time before this sentiment spreads.
Toyota has been hit by a resurgence of anti-Japanese sentiment in China because of a territorial dispute over tiny islands, and some Chinese are worried about being seen driving a Japanese car.
Sentiment favoring protectionism has grown in the United States, as hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese products pour in each year.
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