Both the Economist and Washington Post recently published detailed articles addressing these issues, and I myself have written about Chinese local innovation in the past.
By country, Chinese local brands now account for 32 percent of the total, their highest ever, with Geely, BYD, Great Wall and Chery all finishing on the top 10 assembler list for the month.
There are thousands of local Chinese brands, but few have ventured onto the world stage.
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Aliyun is currently available from two local Chinese brands, Haier and Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment.
Alibaba was a local Chinese company that helped small- and medium-sized enterprises conducting business online.
In the 1970s, when the territory was still mostly poor, wealthy Chinese families hired local maids.
Local Chinese car producers now account for 34% of the China market, up from 23% in 2003.
The RMB has been selling off lately as local Chinese see a grim forecast for the global economy.
Siwei manufactures roof support products for underground mining and has a significant presence in the local Chinese market.
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The rise of local Chinese companies in one industry after another will be the story of the 21st century.
We have witnessed both international investment companies and local Chinese companies focusing on expansion plans within the past decade.
When they had first come to America, Lei had insisted that they be active in their local Chinese community.
So what if my son has his Proustian Mom-moment whenever he inhales as he walks by our local Chinese restaurant?
The 100-plus pages in this section fulfill this purpose, and the inclusion of Chinese characters for local names will prove particularly useful.
The Alibaba VIE recently transferred a valuable asset (Alipay, an online-payments firm) to a local Chinese company controlled by Jack Ma, Alibaba's chairman.
Tata Sons, with the biggest China operation, mainly sells Range Rover cars, made in Britain, and IT services, largely employing local Chinese staff.
But few of the overseas pros this week - the field largely comprises local Chinese players - will be familiar with Shanghai Silport GC.
In the preferred employer stakes, the momentum is shifting away from the U.S. and European multinationals to local Chinese corporations, and even government-run entities.
Such funds denominated in the local Chinese currency accounted for 62 percent of deals and 48 percent of investment in the first quarter of 2011.
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Noteworthy is the fact that all are purely local Chinese companies.
Also in 2012 they began an own store strategy in China aiming to develop in the second and third tier cities with a strategy of hiring local Chinese managers.
The talent consultant added there was a rising trend for local Chinese companies capable and willing to offer international compensation packages and benefits that are targeted for expatriates working in China.
When Coca-Cola, for instance, planned to take over a local Chinese soft drinks company a few years ago, Chinese hackers were discovered to have accessed top-secret memos on how much the Americans were willing to pay.
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One of the reasons for its success in China has been a willingness to promote local Chinese managers into virtually all executive positions, after nurturing and socializing these men within the company over a period of years.
In spite of this, it became more frequently seen in the trendy parts of Shanghai and Beijing, and became popular among local Chinese, who now had more disposable income to spend than their parents, and wanted to have a flashy status symbol to show off to their friends.
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Both it and Apple face tough competition from local Chinese handset makers, like ZTE, Coolpad and Lenovo, one reason why Apple smartphone market share ranking in China fell to 6th place in the third quarter of 2012, from 4th place in the second quarter, according to market research firm IDC.
Canadian singer Celine Dion's duet of Chinese song Jasmine with local singer Song Zuying tops the list.
The institution has launched an undergraduate degree in Linguistics with Chinese and all students at Lancaster University are offered the chance to study Mandarin and the university offers Chinese cultural courses to local schools and businesses.
But there's also another threat to the local industries: Chinese imports that are even cheaper than the Western hand-me-downs and locally made clothes.
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