Stanford professor Michael Spence, Nobel laureate in economics, and Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of China Market Research Group (CMR), both told me that China might very well exceed Japan to become the second-largest consumer market in the world.
Most are in storage in California, unable to join me in China.
Proof of the lesson my Chinese gurus are teaching me: China is fast becoming a consumer economy as well as an export machine.
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These facts tell me that China is serious about sustainable development.
Before I began the journey that ultimately took me to China, I told myself that no matter how difficult it might become, there was no turning back.
Soon after my 1991 arrival in Hong Kong, it became clear to me that China was, in fact, the growth engine that was driving the entire Asian region.
Much as the independent strength and potential in a country like Indonesia can be encouraging, my quest for now kept leading me back to China.
When I used to call him, they always told me he was in China.
Another auto executive in China shared with me statistics demonstrating why the tax breaks went to cars with engines of 1.6 liters or less.
Yet I rarely listen to or read the opinions of people like me who are bullish on China's economy, like World Bank officials or Jim Rogers.
Audrey Kaplan, a portfolio manager at Federated Investors and manager of Federated InterContinental (RIMAX) told me two weeks ago that China may be down, but is not out.
It makes me understand the world better, helps me to meet the best CEOs and leaders in the world and makes me understand the distance between China and the world.
But in terms of direction--given the educational base of the kids, given the way in which they're looking to reform their society--it seems to me that over time, China will continue to be a major force.
One of the items auctioned off was a lunch with me to discuss doing business in China.
This was the China she had wanted me to see, a land that was not merely the fantasy of an aging woman.
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We had very good interviews on our trip that help me understand how to do business in china.
When we migrate to the Far East, there were for me at least some surprises, namely China and Japan.
Let me begin by just offering that the South China Sea is a very important maritime common for the entire region.
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Like it does for many, China holds a certain fascination for me.
Let me reiterate this point, Walmart must manufacture in China to sell goods there.
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Stories like this remind me just how far apart the United States and China are in terms of really understanding one another.
Wine is only as good as the grapes that go into it, or so growers tell me, and the grape-supply situation in China is difficult.
As one factory boss said to me last month, wages for factory workers in China are now five times higher than in Vietnam, so he's moved all his labour-intensive work out of China.
At the Semicon show people told me that the semiconductor equipment shows in Asia ( China and Japan) are now much bigger than in the US. This reflects the movement of manufacturing and design from the US to other countries.
Having been in China for 20 years, few things surprise me anymore.
So, tell me a little bit if you would about India and China, which are both such big players on the economic stage right now.
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