They are made in China with money borrowed from China.
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Big Western investment funds which care about liquidity would find it hard to move money into China, although rumours abound of hedge funds that are investing money through Chinese partners.
Only nowadays, they are getting richer faster in the emerging markets of Asia, with China dominating the money making scene.
Nondesigner chic has its limits, however, particularly in places like China where new money likes a fancy name on a label.
Instead, one of the main ways China lends that money to the U.S. is by buying bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
But in China, the money from the government goes to production.
In the 1990s, China began pouring money into research at around 100 of its 1, 800-odd higher-education institutions, hoping to create an elite tier of universities.
As Stephen Green, senior economist with Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai, notes, even if China takes some money out of U.S. treasury bonds, it's still going to be holding on to a lot of them.
General Motors makes a boatload of money in China, where it has a dominant presence.
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Agricultural Bank of China and the Bank of China have also raised money recently.
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In China too, the money supply is increasing, though not with the central bank's blessing.
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Some insiders even believe the group buying model will never make money in China due to heavy competition.
Along with money, China brings to Ghana a willingness to invest in more than just oil and gas.
Many have made money in China's emerging capitalist economy and are status-conscious and keen to enjoy their wealth.
Mr. STEPHEN GREEN (Senior Economist, Standard Chartered): There's so much money in China.
Japan is still throwing money into China, up by 16.3 percent last year.
Jack: What we see at JFP Holdings is that there is too much money in China chasing too few deals.
As it pours money into China, Coke will undoubtedly grab market share from competitors--and most of them will be Chinese.
The prime exception is China, where hot money continues to pour in and where the current account has a massive surplus.
And one of the reasons for that is just because there aren't very many places in China to park your money.
Sometimes these investors are actual companies, usually from China or Japan with money to burn and looking to make a strategic investment.
He predicts News Corp. stock will double within two years and that Star TV will coin money as China and India open up.
When countries like Italy opted to cancel those solar subsidy programs last year to save money, China solar stocks took it on the chin.
If they're spending this much money on domestic stimulus, does that mean, by extension, that there would be less money from China to buy up, say, U.S. Treasury notes?
Talking at China's Business Summit, China's Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said China would adjust its money supply and credit and take "comprehensive measures to mop up liquidity in the banking system".
Ng, who is now an Asia-based managing director of Silicon Valley's Granite Global Ventures, says the venture capital firm expects to invest more money in China in the next few years.
And there is so much money in China!
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