Li and Zheng are now big business in China, earning plaudits in the media and attracting valuable commercial endorsements.

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China-boosters in the media and business community are urging pre-emptive capitulation.

WSJ: The Rio Tinto Lesson

On one side there is Vincent Siew, the new prime minister, Mr Lien (currently vice-president), many senior cabinet members and most of the media, who think that Taiwan's business interests in China are now so large that there are compelling reasons to talk.

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Otherwise, American business leaders who want to play a role in Chinese inbound investment engage in discussion groups using social media, or join an organization like mine, The China Business Network.

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Their research and design is on game-changing topics from how people in sub-Saharan Africa and India use computers and cell phones, to the use of Twitter and social media during crisis, to how digital gaming contributes to business relationships in China, to how American families control internet use at home.

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