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.
Companies rarely complain openly about government policy in China precisely because the state wields so much economic power.
Moreover, Tesla is not likely to benefit from favorable government policies in China because, for the most part, they are reserved for electric cars manufactured in the country.
Yields on 10-year government bonds in China, the biggest bond market in Asia excluding Japan, are near 3.8%, while yields on similar South Korean bonds are trading at about 3.02%.
It took nearly three months to get government approvals in China for investment in the startup, set up as a wholly owned foreign subsidiary, like many of the early venture-backed Chinese startups, in the Cayman Islands.
Evergreen cited the much higher government support available in China, according to the New York Times.
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Over the intervening years, most other countries have come to recognise the government in Beijing as China's authentic one.
Central bankers in China have been lobbying the government to let it do more to combat rising inflation in China.
Fuller says government mandates in Europe and China could help move the market along, as could more innovative financing models.
This allowed the new business, once local-government approval was obtained in China, to accept foreign private-equity money invested into the overseas holding company, while abiding by the letter of Beijing's restrictions on foreign investment in domestic enterprises.
Residential real-estate is in the spotlight in China as the government attempts to revive growth without causing a property bubble, as I report in the current issue of Forbes Asia ( read here).
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Their influence has been increasing in recent years, particularly since the government, in 2003, set up the China Bank Regulatory Commission to oversee banking industry.
China deploys government in the allocation of economic resources to the production of private goods and services.
In China the government's effort to tamp down inflation will slow construction growth by restricting bank loans as well.
It was founded by the Chinese government in 2007 to seek better returns for China's mammoth currency reserves, which had typically been parked in low-yielding securities such as U.S. Treasurys.
In a sense, the British government agrees, now that Mr Wu is in China.
His blind faith in the central government also led to his initial decision to stay in China, believing that if he lived in a different city, he would be able to enjoy the protection from the central government.
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Andreu spends a lot of time in China meeting with government-owned wholesalers to broaden distribution.
In China, the government raised gasoline prices for the second time this year on April 7.
Rising prices continue to be a major concern in China after the government reported February inflation of 4.9%.
The Chinese boat captain arrived in China to a government-orchestrated tumultuous patriotic welcome.
Despite its high-profile sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics, Visa has been virtually shut out in favor of government-backed China UnionPay.
The government has sought to deter speculation in China by raising capital gains taxes, limiting second-home purchases and capping mortgages, but prices are still climbing in most cities.
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Sinopec, one of China's largest state-controlled firms, is mostly a refiner, but that business is tough in China because the government keeps consumer fuel prices low, pressuring profit margins.
Government leaders in the United States and China, the two largest economies in the world, believed that companies from their respective countries should lead in the development of this new technology.
In government-bond markets, China's support for wobblier states may well dwindle as 2013 gets nearer: then a new euro-zone sovereign-debt fund will be able to promote the claims of European governments on some countries above those of other creditors.
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The increasing numbers of wealthy Chinese, Indians and Indonesians are helping fuel the shift to low-tax Asian centers, according to the report, with Hong Kong in a strong position to benefit from the Chinese government's moves to free-up international trade in China's yuan and the growing number of Chinese millionaires looking for a safe place to invest their money.
Most deals are in aerospace, telecommunications, utilities and transport, which in China are dominated by government agencies and state-owned companies.
As one such wealthy Chinese told Morning Edition, working with the government is the key to getting rich in China.
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