The contrast is even more stark when one considers the time and effort each company has made in China.
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Buy sneakers or a shirt, a piece of furniture or a Barbie Doll, and it probably has Made in China stamped on it.
And does that kind of rhetoric or posturing jeopardize the progress that your administration has made with China and the Asia Pacific region as a whole?
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"China has made it clear the South China Sea disputes should be solved at the bilateral level, " the editorial says.
He could say that as a result of the pressure he has brought to bear, China has made such great strides that the penalties he envisaged are no longer warranted.
Further, China has made illegal claims to most of the South China Sea and then declared it to be a "core interest, " meaning it is on par with Tibet and Taiwan in importance.
The promise of reducing pesticide use in this country, which uses twice the amount per ton of food as the U.S., is also an emotional issue with the government, which has made cleaning up China's environment a top priority.
So far China has made up for the shortfall by drawing down stocks, says Brown, who is infamous in China because of his predictions of long-term food shortages there.
That said, change will surely come slowly for the yuan, as China has made clear.
China has made no secret of its desire to develop a strong, homegrown auto industry.
China has made strides already, with a manufacturing capacity that is the envy of the world.
China has made great strides in universalising the provision of basic education in recent years.
The government of President Ma Ying-Jeou has made closer ties with China one of its leading policies.
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China has made energy efficiency one of its top priorities, but implementing it is not proving easy.
China has made strenuous efforts to improve the way it collects and compiles economic data to satisfy international standards.
And if Americans hear us, they might see the progress that rock 'n' roll music in China has made.
Since then, China has made major improvements in law enforcement, crisis management, crowd control, disaster prevention and disaster relief.
This jump in the number of microblog users has made it harder for China to impose strict controls on the web.
In the past few weeks China has made a splash with progress on an anti-ship missile and a stealth fighter jet.
It is reported to be the first time in a decade that China has made a large-scale military purchase from Russia.
At the same time, personal income has made great strides in China.
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China has made clear it wants to expand the exploration of space.
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But the fact that the US and Europe are the IMF's biggest shareholders has made emerging giants like China distrustful of the organisation.
Warburg Pincus has also made investments in China's logistics sector, which the private-equity company sees as a way to benefit from rising domestic consumption.
Mr. Wu's death also got attention in national media on Tuesday, as broadcasters used the village's transformation as a reminder of strides China has made.
China has made up so much ground on clean tech in part through protectionism until recently, wind farms were required to use turbines with locally manufactured parts.
If all of that seems a little vague or subjective, consider the efforts that China has made over the past 20 years to achieve sporting greatness.
We all know that China has made some stellar progress in the last 20 years, going from dollar a day incomes to nearly ten times that today.
There is still more to be done, but in the last two decades China has made unparalleled gains in economic development, living standards and freedom of choice.
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