Kaplan said that housing bubble and financial sector concerns have made China a cheap equity play.
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It made China the world's largest telecoms market and created fat profits for operators.
The army of cheap laborers that made China a manufacturing powerhouse is neither as vast as once thought nor as cheap as it was.
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And since it's his first trip to China, he looks forward to seeing for himself the culture and traditions that have made China a great nation.
As of July 2011, good ole Made in China beat out Made in America in the European Union for the first time.
Today, those little idols are made in China where they used to be made in small villages.
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Many of China's exports are products that are made in China on contract for foreign companies, he said, so the U.S. shouldn't criticize China for running a big trade surplus.
Nearly half of the clothing in America's closets is made in China, and almost all of the rest is made in other foreign countries.
Aside from the infrastructure, which Japan simply transferred to China once the in-kind payment in resources had been made, China also got a whole lot of know-how.
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When you buy a T-shirt that says "made in China, " there's a pretty good chance it's made of cotton that was grown on a farm somewhere in the United States.
U.S. Congressmen and Senators have expressed dismay that the uniforms were made in China, leading Ralph Lauren to promise that in 2014 the uniforms will be made in the United States.
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Unlike trucks, which have been produced in China since 1956 when First Auto Works (FAW) was founded, very few passenger cars were made in China when demand for cars began to grow in the 1990s.
But many of Apple's suppliers have manufacturing facilities in China, so it's likely that some portion of the components they build for the iPhone are made in China as well.
"People have this belief ... that everything in America is made in China, " he said.
"My mission is to change the perceptions associated with 'made in China, ' " she explained.
At the same time, the U.S. maintains its healthy appetite for anything Made in China.
In some cases you get fabrics made in China and sent to Bangladesh to be stitched.
In the 1990s, U.S. producers began to supplement their domestic production with furniture made in China.
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New foreign investment in Russia is a small fraction of that being made in China.
Despite rising costs, there is still a strong case to be made for China.
Of the toys shipped to America and the European Union, 85-90% were made in China.
His machines are four times as expensive as competing testers made in China, his second-biggest market.
There is, then, plenty of money to be made in China in the short term.
Walk into any Ri Happy in Brazil and the vast majority of toys are Made in China.
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Ralls Corp, which had been installing wind turbine generators made in China by Sany Heavy Industry Co.
The first is being made for China Mobile, with others to follow soon, says Kai Oistamo of Nokia.
Philips, too, is moving upmarket to survive in a world where most basic products can be made in China.
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Some may have recalled the trek that Bear Stearns made to China in the months before the bank imploded.
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The contrast is even more stark when one considers the time and effort each company has made in China.
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