"A relationship between competitors will work as long as you have a win-win situation where both partners will benefit, " says Eastcom CEO Shi Jixing.

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Motorola is losing market share to Eastcom, a distribution partner that now makes and sells its own competing mobile phones for less than the American firm.

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Eastcom produces fully half of Motorola cellphones sold in China.

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