Furthermore, locating the factories in China's hinterland puts them in a better position to service China's growing domestic consumer market instead of exporting to consumers in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Sales surged 28.8% in China and 6.3% in the U.S. and the company sold more vehicles in China than in the U.S. last year.
Michael O'Leary, head of WHO's office in China, told reporters in Beijing on Monday that the international health organization had confidence in China's efforts to track and control the outbreak of H7N9 infections, but that growing interest in the virus globally has prompted WHO to consider sending a team.
China's navy in recent years has been taking part in antipiracy missions in the in the Gulf of Aden, for example, though it isn't likely the aircraft carrier will be participating in missions far from China's shores in the immediate term.
S. would be cheaper to develop in China than in the U.S., but China is not interested in paying for it alone.
Speaking in Tokyo at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, he said there had been "some progress" in China's trade relationship with the US, but "domestic consumption still does not play a sufficient role in driving China's economy".
The broader message behind this point-scoring may have been that the West needs China's help in calming North Korea and in other trouble spots (such as Myanmar, see article), and that such help comes at a price, even where it appears to be in China's own self-interest.
According to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the weight of these industries in China's economy almost tripled between 2003 and 2008.
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Declining U.S. consumer sentiment has led to this year's closure of 10, 000 factories in China's export powerhouse, the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province.
The spear tip of Nokia's distribution network in China is a van that leaves every afternoon from Zhuo Zhou city in northern China's Hebei province.
That's why the slowdown in China's real-estate investment should be ringing alarm bells through the corridors of the RBA in Martin Place, Sydney.
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South Korea's Samsung and LG in televisions, and China's Haier in home appliances, threaten to do to Japan what Japan did to America, by producing high-quality products at low prices.
Growth in China's manufacturing picked up in March, according to a survey by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.
It would boost consumers' purchasing power and squeeze corporate profits, which have accounted for most of the increase in China's excessive domestic saving in recent years.
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The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted sources in China's embassy confirming the men were from China's southern province of Fujian who were in Iraq to help rebuild an Iraqi plant.
The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted sources in China's embassy confirming the men were construction workers from China's southern province of Fujian who were in Iraq to help rebuild an Iraqi plant.
But much of what they borrow has been invested in China, so part of their debt ought to count in China's foreign-currency exposure.
Of particular note, is Lenovo's continued strength in China's emerging cities, and the Company continues to build its reputation with other product offerings such as smart phones, tablets and smart TVs, as it leads China's customers into the PC Plus era.
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High-end fashion label Hugo Boss plans to open about 60 new stores in China's mainland over the next three years, just as growth in the country's luxury sector seems to be cooling off.
Among the property companies in Chau's portfolios: Beijing North Star, which owns properties in China's capital.
"I think China is driving the bus this year, " Ms. Markova said, adding that a pickup in China's exports has helped offset some of the sluggish demand in India.
Asian markets were mostly higher, led by a 1.4% jump in China's Shanghai Composite, as strength in brokerage stocks helped lift the index off fresh 2013 lows hit in the previous session.
With the help of its tiny township government in Shunde county, its founders, Pan Ning and Wang Guoduan, turned it from the 42nd-largest fridge maker in 1984 into China's biggest in six years.
Entire villages in China's north have been lost, submerged in sand by the encroaching desert.
City governments play a much larger role in setting China's supercomputer research agenda than they do in the U.S. because Chinese cities finance a larger share of the projects.
Sun Yang sealed a place in China's Olympic history with an impressive swim in the 400m freestyle final that was only 0.07 seconds off the world record to take gold.
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She says it's a commercial reality that everybody in China's film industry has to face.
That skill, unusual in China's state enterprises, will be further tested in future.
In China's "four modernization" programs, launched in the 1970s, defense modernization ranked last, behind industry, agriculture and science and technology.
In China's bigger cities children often start learning English in reception year.
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