The Chinese middle class has proved to be an alternative growth engine for Western companies, especially when their home markets stagnate during the recession.

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He says the tension it relieves by allowing pilots an opt-out of flying in poor conditions makes it a safe alternative to other single-engine planes.

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China's longer-term opportunity is to build an auto industry based not on the gasoline engine but on alternative fuels, skipping a generation of technology as it has done in areas such as telecoms.

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