Bentley will collaborate with British design company Linley for a limited edition of 10 Continental Flying Spurs that will be sold in China.

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Also, many of the heads of Asia Pacific and China from major global companies such as Continental, Delphi and Bosch spoke or served on panels.

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But China says its zone extends to the edge of the continental shelf, almost to Japan.

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Behind the robust overall performance lies a stark dichotomy between the robust (America and China, in particular) and the wheezing (Japan and continental Europe).

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And on the heritage front, Ford hopes to capitalize on what it says is an actual brand image in China, based in part on TV images of U.S. presidential limousines through the years as well as the Lincoln Continental that former President Richard Nixon brought with him on his historic visit to China in 1972.

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The group opposes legislation that would make it easier for workers to join unions and that would impose anti-dumping duties on China, and it favors drilling for oil and natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf.

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Oil is high because of uncertainty over Iran, disrupted supplies from Nigeria and Venezuela, crazy U.S. regulations prohibiting exploration and production in most of the Outer Continental Shelf and parts of Alaska, and expanding energy appetites in fast-growing India and China.

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