The focus on China is recognition that interest follows opportunity, not the other way around.
Apple has belatedly started to focus on China, although other BRICs are still not on the radar.
Reflecting these challenges, Choi says the company's initial focus in China will be on making money from concerts.
This competitive dynamic provides very little slack for competitive focus outside China.
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In recent years billions have flooded into the more-than-5, 000 private-equity firms that focus on China (see chart), but Hony has emerged as the top dog.
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Hershey will also be spending more on ad and promotional spending in key international markets, with a focus on China, Mexico, Canada, and Brazil.
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For a relatively new fashion brand, this focus on China just goes to cement the fact that the Chinese consumer is an important market segment for the fashion and luxury sector.
So Russia has since turned its focus on China, which made its first successful manned flight in 2003 aboard the Shenzhou spacecraft and plans to put a capsule on the moon in 2013.
Going forward, as smartphone makers increase their focus on China by bringing out more TD-SCDMA handsets and China Mobile launches its 4G LTE network, the carrier will be able to reap the advantages of having a huge 2G subscriber base to transition to 3G.
In recent days, rumors spread on social networks and media sites on line saying that Coca-Cola China admitted in a TV program called Topics in Focus on the China Central Television network that its orange juice products contain a fungicide called Carbendazim.
He argues a rising Brazil or India is not a threat to America, and the focus is really China.
TV. (It has already fitted Carrefour's shops in Poland.) In China Focus Media, a local company, is dotting the retail landscape with giant screens.
If you aren't equipped for the hassle of buying locally traded shares (this can be done at a big brokerage firm), consider the Dreyfus Premier Greater China Fund or the Fidelity China Focus Fund, which have stakes in many of these companies.
The company will close Best Buy branded stores in China to focus on its higher earning Five Star appliance stores there.
The other market in focus on Monday was China, where stocks were slightly lower after an earthquake hit Sichuan province over the weekend.
The other market in focus on Monday was China, where stocks were reacting to an earthquake that hit Sichuan province over the weekend.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has made energy and financial market reform in China a focus of the "Strategic Economic Dialogue" between Washington and Beijing.
The other market in focus on Monday was China, ahead of Tuesday's release of China's preliminary manufacturing data, which will be the first chunk of April economic news for Asia's largest economy.
Until late in 2011, the focus of policymakers in China was on tamping down inflation, stocked by a surge of stimulus spending in 2008-2009 that led to a real estate bubble and an overheated economy.
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But the biggest focus for welcoming guests from China seems to be around breakfast offerings.
In China, our focus is on capturing cross-border flows tapping into the nation's large dollar reserves.
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In Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Index fell 0.5% to 23366.37, the focus was on one of China's largest banks.
Even so, this Arctic shipping route is likely to be the focus of intense interest by China over the next decade.
Based out of Hong Kong, Lu Stout keeps a particular focus on how developments in China are dramatically changing the world for all of us.
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Fosun International also owns stakes in U.S.-listed Chindex, a hospital management company focused on China, and Focus Media, an outdoor advertising company.
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The larger goal of China's focus in IoT, analysts say, is to win a fight Beijing has long been losing -- setting international standards for new technology.
Anyone who follows China closely can see that China is shifting its focus inward.
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