"By any standard, China's GDP growth is still among the highest in the world, but stock valuations are among the cheapest in the region, " said Mingchun Sun, Asia economist for Daiwa Securities.
It is standard procedure in China for camera crews to ask for permission to film.
Cheap, powerful iPhones designed in the U.S. and built in China contribute to that increased standard of living.
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China Mobile uses a different 3G standard than the rest of the world.
Its unique standard, CMMB (China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting), is digital, based on homegrown technology and specifically designed for mobile broadcasting.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has bought 20% of Standard Bank, a South African lender and the continent's biggest bank by assets, and now offers renminbi accounts to expatriate traders.
China has its own fast-charging standard, though, and Japan will likely stay with CHAdeMO.
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Standard Chartered PLC's China unit reported profit of 883 million yuan, more than double what it earned the previous year.
That figure will climb steeply as more than 2 billion people living in India, China and other developing nations raise their standard of living.
Under the hood, the existing pentaband 3G radio gives way to China's proprietary TD-SCDMA standard, and the ARM 11 processor gets a 20MHz speed bump to 700MHz.
To be sure, the embargo "may cause upward pressure on oil prices in Europe in the short term as Iran's oil is diverted, but lower prices elsewhere, " Standard Chartered said, as China would likely take advantage by negotiating discounts.
TD-LTE is the 4G standard developed for use across China, and it is now being adopted by operators across the globe. lightRadio Metro Radio houses two lightRadio cubes, fully integrated with a directional antennae, allowing it to provide the coverage normally associated with a much bulkier, heavier remote radio unit linked to an external antenna via an RF coaxial cable.
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The first is that China Mobile does indeed use a different 3G standard (TD-SCDMA, something which no one else uses) which means that Apple would have to produce a new model specifically for that network.
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On the current trajectory, the developed world will end up living at a standard closer to that of a richer China.
Singapore has stakes in banks like Standard Chartered, Barclays, even Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
In particular, China gave up a plan for its own wireless encryption standard.
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The Hong Kong bond issue is one of the early steps China has taken to establish the yuan as a global standard.
Six of the world's 10 busiest ports are located in China, when measured in terms of cargo shipped in standard containers, or TEUs (20-foot equivalent units).
China Mobile uses its 3G mobile network based on its TDSCDMA standard, which Apple currently does not support.
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China Mobile, like all Chinese carriers, uses a unique technology standard (TD-SCDMA) for its 3G cellular network.
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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.
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Ronnie Petrie, head of emerging markets at Standard Life Investments, said that the bears will wrong on China, but not any time soon.
Moreover, the fact that China Mobile runs its 3G network on a proprietary homegrown TD-SCDMA standard has proved to be a big deterrent for the carrier in securing smartphones compatible with its network.
China will subsidize electric vehicles sold in 25 cities, expanding from the current five cities, and adopt a unified national subsidy standard, The 21st Century Business Herald reported on Wednesday citing China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
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China Telecom has also been helped by the fact that China Mobile currently runs its 3G network on a homegrown proprietary TD-SCDMA standard that is not compatible with many smartphones.
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China's 2010 gold production is expected at about 350 metric tons, according to Standard Bank head of commodity strategy Walter de Wet.
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