Amelio and Yang had worked hand-in-hand for three years to transform Lenovo from a parochial Chinese company into a global tech player and one that spent tens of millions of dollars sponsoring the Beijing Olympics.
In Saginaw, they are experiencing first hand the collision of two economies in motion, of Chinese ambition and American pride.
Robert De Niro is the latest star to have his hand and footprints set in cement outside the famous Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
On the other hand, a second Chinese mining company operating in Peru, state-owned Chinalco, has so far behaved differently.
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According to DigiTimes, Gou said the program will give the engineers an environment to learn the Chinese language and first-hand experience in the manufacturing process.
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The once-austere lobby now features stylish seating--including lattice-backed John Boone chairs--as well as handpainted silk Chinese wallpaper and trellis-patterned carpets hand made in Thailand.
Tourists and locals alike came to gawk at its Chinese antiques, hand-painted walls, and the intricately carved and gilded dragons in its lobby ceiling.
Second-hand Chinese-made buses have replaced most of the lorries that once served as public transport in Havana.
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This includes the Chinese and everyone else who never stopped knowing that physical gold and silver, in hand, is the best means of long term wealth preservation.
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In a testament to the power of the invisible hand, the rough-and-tumble success of the Chinese bus lines is attracting new competitors, and the industry is becoming less dodgy in the process.
The bears, on the other hand, maintain that a dearer yuan will reduce demand for higher-priced Chinese exports and shrink employment in China, as well as separately raise interest rates and cool economic growth in America.
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