They're already moving beyond early target cities like Beijing and Shanghai into second-tier cities.
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It launched the iPhone 4S at Apple Stores in Beijing and Shanghai in January.
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Some foreign basketball players aren't exactly roughing it in the more-cosmopolitan cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
They are the ones driving around in the Maseratis and Ferraris in Beijing and Shanghai.
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In China Hyflux now has water projects in 20 cities, including Beijing and Shanghai.
Prices in the 10 biggest cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, fell 0.5% from April, and 3.2% year-over-year.
Cathay, which aspires to twice-daily flights to both Beijing and Shanghai, last flew to Beijing in 1990.
In Beijing and Shanghai, more than 50% of those aged 18 to 30 enrol in higher education.
In freight, the Japanese have agreed to let Federal Express ferry cargo to Beijing and Shanghai via Japan.
To help close the gap on the two titans, Li-Ning has opened new flagship stores in Beijing and Shanghai.
Late last year several Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, began requiring weibo users to register their real names.
Apple has just four retail outlets in China, all in Beijing and Shanghai.
China housing prices have soared over the last five years, especially in the eastern cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
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It has opened sports camps in Beijing and Shanghai, also sponsored by Nike.
Firework displays were also held in the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai.
Among them, Beijing and Shanghai saw property prices fall 0.4%, while Nanjing saw the largest decline, a 0.7% monthly move.
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Each year Shaq spends five days in Beijing and Shanghai, showing up at malls and doing interviews on tv and radio.
Republican Governor Brian Sandoval recently led a trade delegation from Nevada to Beijing and Shanghai to promote investment in the state.
The business side of the trip involved company visits in Beijing and Shanghai with Chinese and foreign businesses in various fields.
During the NBA China Games, the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers will faceoff in two games in Beijing and Shanghai.
In Beijing and Shanghai there are some impressive malls on global scale.
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Suzhou, one of 280 prefecture-level cities, has a per capita GDP which is 70% and 46% higher than Beijing and Shanghai, respectively.
But luxury goods makers need to think otuside of Beijing and Shanghai.
It now has more than 35 shops, mainly in Beijing and Shanghai.
Peppes Pizza, a Norwegian company, has four locations in Beijing and Shanghai.
Companies based in Hong Kong went out of their way to associate themselves with Beijing and Shanghai, the two leading cities in China.
BA, whose long-haul business has long relied heavily on flights to Asia and Australia, flies to Beijing and Shanghai, and also Hong Kong.
Frequent meetings and conferences are held in Beijing and Shanghai, attended by some of the top thought leaders and Internet influencers in China.
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