And despite missing three months of this year through injury, Murray was still just one victory from securing a place in the Masters Cup - currently under way in Shanghai - for the world's best eight players.

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World number two Nadal and world number six Roddick are currently in China for the Shanghai Masters.

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He has been a visiting scholar at the Central European University in Prague and at Fudan University in Shanghai and is currently professor of economics at Towson University in Maryland.

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Shanghai VW currently has four plants: Plants 1, 2 and 3 in Shanghai, and Plant 4 in Nanjing.

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The 45-year-old Maryland native recently opened Jacobs flagships in Shanghai and Seoul, and is currently finessing the in-store branding of a new Marc Jacobs beauty line that will debut this summer.

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Bulgari currently has properties in London and Bali, and will open one in Shanghai in 2015.

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Together the two siblings currently operate a total of 14 outlets in Saudi, excluding a fast-food chain, Shanghai Express.

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"Local governments are also keener to support e-commerce retailers, which contributes to higher employment and meaningful tax revenue for the city, " said Mr. Shen, adding that the company plans to expand further in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where it currently has a presence, and into second-tier cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu.

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The company currently has about 300 employees, most of those in Helsinki, though they do have small offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai.

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