The fact that Chinese PE firms do not spend as much time on due diligence enables them to act much faster than their international counterparts, making them extremely competitive when it comes to making deals in China.
The Hong Kong dollar is basically pegged to the dollar, making it the most expensive city in China.
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It appears the early incumbents are all homegrown, with no western company making it in the top 10 in China.
When it comes to making investments in China, our experience at JFP Holdings is that the Chinese investors can act faster and are likely to pay higher prices than their foreign counterparts.
In 2011, Americans adopted 970 children from Russia, making it third to China (2, 589 in 2011) and Ethiopia (1, 727), according to the U.S. State Department.
Credit Suisse estimates that the so-called shadow banking system now totals Rmb22.8 trillion or 44% of GDP, making it the second largest asset class in China!
Although China is making it possible for Africans to visit, study and work in China, it is not asking, or requesting, other countries to emulate it or support its values.
In July, when it came out that the Olympic uniforms were made in China, Americans were outraged, making it clear that we're growing weary of soulless consumption.
Public opinion in China might be making it difficult for Chinese leaders to climb down.
Year-to-date, Focus is up over 30%, making it one of the best performing China ADRs in New York.
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Whatever the case, it looks like Facebook has been making inroads in China after all but what kind?
Although Apple is based in the US, it outsources production of its mobiles to factories in China and Brazil making them vulnerable to such a challenge.
It has become increasingly obvious of late that China is also making a massive investment in revolutionizing its military in ways that will enable it to hold at risk and possibly, in the not too distant future, to neutralize the power projection capabilities of the United States.
While that might not be a crisis in the making, it is enough to cause China to slow lending and put a choke-hold on real estate, where a lot of the lending was heading.
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The steep drop in copper prices observed in February came after China announced steps to curb the rapid rise in real estate prices by making it tougher to purchase homes.
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It is also making cheaper PVC-based vinyl gloves, which are marketed to the food industry, in China, where it now has one plant and is adding a second.
That means, in particular, making China see that a tinderbox it has long regarded as a strategic asset has become an appalling liability.
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The global-warming club has narrowed to the U.S. and China, he said, making it tougher to bring in the other nations necessary to achieve any sort of political bargain with the industrial economies.
"China hopes that Japan take effective measures to stop stirring up tension in the East China Sea and making irresponsible remarks, " it said.
Although Google is having trouble making any headway in South Korea, it may have more of a chance in China, where the market leader, Baidu, has been hit by a series of scandals.
Sales of premium cars in China hit 1.25 million vehicles in 2012, making it the second biggest market in the world after the United States.
It is the question anybody who has lived in China gets from people making their first trip over: What books would you recommend?
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So it is now cash-rich producers in the Gulf and China that are making acquisitions.
It was among the vanguard of global brands entering China, making its first downstream investments in 1991, says Ermenegildo Zegna, grandson of the firm's founder and its joint head.
Japanese manufacturers are making less at home and more abroad, especially in China (Toshiba has just announced that it is shifting to China all production of television sets for the Japan market).
By going abroad and getting companies like Maytag, which they may or may not get, Lenovo buying other brand names, China can instantly have this recognition for the brands that it's already making in its own factories.
And the President made the point about the shared interest the United States and China have in terms of making sure that there are clear rules of road, as it applies to maritime security.
It may be cheaper to manufacture in other countries and Hershey does, its playing a big game in emerging markets like India, China and Brazil but when it comes to making chocolate there are other things to consider.
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Given the necessity, as China's leaders see it, of showing toughness at home, making concessions to old enemies in Taiwan is out of the question.
All the rice was produced at small-scale mills of the kind common in China's agricultural sector, which remains extremely localized and composed of smaller operations, making it difficult to regulate standards.
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