Now if only it were so (theoretically) simple for Chinese luxury hopefuls.

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Because the simple fact is that the top one quarter of Chinese society is in an increasingly strong position to simply outbid Americans for the available supply of oil.

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The concept is simple: zhaopin.com - zhaopin means recruitment in Chinese - charges companies to carry job advertisements, like in a newspaper.

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Many Chinese companies still struggle to understand basic business procedures, even things as simple as attending board meetings.

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The simple fact is that the bottom half of American income earners are losing oil consuming power to the top quarter of Chinese income earners and the top one tenth of Indian income earners.

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