At a time when Chinese consumers are increasingly concerned about food safety issues, Yum!
Things began to change when Chinese acrobatic troupes began touring outside of China.
Executives at Sony Pictures were shocked earlier this month when Chinese authorities pulled "Django Unchained" from theaters the day it started playing.
Yet Starbucks suffered from its own success last week when Chinese consumers reacted angrily to news of rising drink prices at Starbucks.
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One day, when Chinese really get a taste for the juice, maybe the New World will be learning from this really Old World.
A. memorial flag were taken down when Chinese officials visited recently, but that seemed to be about it as far as objections to the deal.
Supermarket chain Yonghui Superstore Co. has tried to distinguish itself by focusing on fresh food, at a time when Chinese consumers are searching for high-quality food.
After a banner year in 2009, when Chinese firms found themselves positioned well compared to their cash-strapped counterparts overseas during the recession, the prospects for 2010 are rosy.
"When Chinese see programs made in the West, there is nothing they can relate to in their lives, " says Xiao Jian, a 37-year-old director of TV dramas and music videos.
One famous retail acquisition last year was when Chinese electronics retailer Suning Appliance Co. acquired Laox, a consumer electronics chain with huge stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and other major Japanese cities.
Sales of interiors are poised to grow in China, where the company has six joint ventures and is helping up-and-comers like Chery Automobile prepare for the day when Chinese cars hit U.S. soil.
But when Chinese officials visit Washington later this month in the second meeting of the "Strategic Economic Dialogue" between the two countries, the Bush administration is not expected to push for a major revaluation of the yuan.
Since beginning the official dialogue with Beijing last year, Paulson continues to meet with Chinese officials, most notably in May, when a Chinese delegation met with lawmakers and administration officials here.
Most Chinese institutions lack that software and there is a memory gap of 20 years between 1980 and 2000, when no Chinese institution collected Chinese contemporary art.
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And when his Chinese counterpart returns the visit, he will notice the same in Houston.
When the Chinese travel industry polls the public on its dream destinations, no place ranks higher than Europe.
He quickly expanded the operations into other trades at a time when many Chinese were pining to go into business.
When legitimate Chinese companies are producing the world's favourite handbags, then laws will be more strictly enforced to protect them.
However, when a Chinese company acquires a company, it owns the underlying technology and can use it anywhere in the world.
When the Chinese-American scores were reassessed using up-to-date intelligence metrics, Flynn found, they came in at 97 verbal and 100 nonverbal.
When the Chinese do a reverse merger, the auditor of the Chinese firm typically becomes the auditor of the reconstituted public company.
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When the Chinese get an idea, they test it in the marketplace.
Its spread highlighted the difficulty of handling such emergencies when many Chinese were afraid of going to hospital because of the potential cost.
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Following a scathing report on New Oriental Education, the crisis came to a head last autumn when prominent Chinese business leader Kai-Fu Lee fought back.
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First, it is a powerful reminder, at a time when the Chinese model of state capitalism is gaining adherents, that the free market can still be remarkably innovative.
Interest and exploration increased further in 2011, when the Chinese National Geography published some never-before-seen photographs and illustrations hypothesising what the small city, which measured about half a square kilometre, might have looked like in its heyday.
The rise came to a halt in 2008 when the Chinese authorities sought to cushion exporters from the turbulence of global recession but resumed in 2010 just weeks before the House passed a bill (see chart).
Look at what happened on Monday, when the Chinese government released new economic growth targets: Instead of expanding GDP by 10.4%, as it did two years ago, China will now aim for 7.5% growth this year.
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The interest level is so high that last week, when a Chinese blog claimed to have gotten its hands on a 3DS and posted a line drawing of a device, "Nintendo 3DS" briefly became one of Google's most-searched terms.
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