We operate in Chinese markets through a number of joint ventures and maintaining good relations with our joint venture partners, which are affiliated with the Chinese government, is an important part of our Chinese growth strategy.
"We like investing in Chinese consumer-focused companies but, even among businesses in this attractive sector, there are no guarantees as declines in the fortunes of some Chinese sportswear brands is reflected in their continued buildup of inventory, " said George Raffini, managing partner at private-equity firm Headland Capital Partners, which bought a stake in down-apparel maker Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.
Particularly in 2012, we have witnessed a shift in Chinese investment that is much more consumer-facing.
The question remains, if we do see a rise in the number of Chinese summer travelers and shoppers in Europe this summer, can we expect this rise to be sustainable?
In Chinese, we say that you can bore a hole in a stone by the steady dripping of water.
"We believe that in the future Chinese consumers will use eBay as a passport to global Fashion styles, especially for leading women's brands and accessories, and menswear, " she added.
Going forward, we believe that growth in the Chinese auto market will remain bumpy until the government renews its stimulus program in light of worrying global economic environment after reigning in inflation.
On a recent branding mission to China, we learned that every child in Chinese elementary school is taught the three Chinese innovations that changed the world: gunpowder, the compass, and movable type (Chinese ancients also invented paper currency).
We have been in contact with the Chinese government about this incident since Saturday night.
However, we need to keep in mind that Chinese consumer market barely existed about a decade ago.
The slider looked pretty nice, but all the aforementioned hardware was set up in Chinese, so we lost interest pretty quickly.
Ms. STEWART: We have many speakers of Chinese in this country, both from heritage background and those who've taken it as undergraduates.
In our recent post on the subject, we noted that two Chinese policy banks lent more to emerging markets in 2009 and 2010 than the World Bank.
We were constructive on Chinese equity markets early last year, as we discussed in the First Quarter 2009 Broyhill Letter.
We have seen it in investment banks where Chinese walls have been ignored and information freely passed about.
In fact, we have observed that Chinese consumers tend to return to local food fare after trying American fast food.
Separately, given the multiple contraction in Chinese equity markets, we believe a slightly more conservative approach to valuation for Alibaba makes sense.
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What does that tell you about how many durable goods we will be selling to the Chinese in the next ten years.
"Boy, " he later laments, "we need a lot more Chinese speakers in this country" a point underscored by the fact that he isn't one himself.
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We are seeing this a little in the Chinese smartphone market.
If you need an excuse to party, we're in the middle of traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, which began Feb. 18 and run until March 4.
The second highest number of foreign students in the United States come from China, and we've seen a 50 percent increase in the study of Chinese among our own students.
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He pointed to a Wednesday article in El Pais, a Spanish newspaper, that quoted a Chinese Embassy spokesman in Spain as saying "we don't interpret this gesture as offensive" or racist.
And in one of the most controversial stories we came across this week, a Chinese developer is proposing to flatten 700 mountains in the Lanzhou area in order to build a new city.
So we believe strongly and I think the Chinese believe that an arms race either in the Middle East or an international arms race is in no way in their interests, particularly -- we certainly know that -- for what drives the Chinese economy, energy is a big part of it.
The best news as we head into 2013 is the turnaround in the Chinese economy.
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If they are lower than they are in the US then we can assume that Chinese labour is less productive than US labour.
Again, like I said, I don't think he said the word "discuss, " meaning I don't want either my answer or your question to leave the impression that we haven't been in discussions with the Chinese, the Russians, and our partners in the P5-plus-1, as well as in international efforts involving the IAEA and others to address the nuclear weapons capability of Iran.
That takes out the big booms from holiday spending, as we are going to likely see in February with the Chinese New Year on the the tenth.
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