Being Chinese companies that understand implicitly the need to be on good terms with the media and the government in China, both Chow Tai Seng and JAC apologized immediately to consumers and promised remedies.

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"Rather than alluding to a goodbye to the U.S. dollar, Zhou may as well be making a case -- implicitly -- for including the (Chinese) renminbi into the list of currencies when the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank work on the SDR in the future, " Zha explained.

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This would not only encourage an even greater commitment to China, but it would also provide Chinese investors with a direct China play, one that they implicitly understand.

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