The strikes have mainly hit foreign companies. This is causing problems for those manufacturers that shifted production to China to take advantage of lower labor costs and to cash in on the potential consumer market.
VOA: standard.2010.06.24
But there are differing opinions here about how much that means China should takeon a more responsible role as a great power globally.
The sales price of new homes decline in China in August as the government high interest rates and other measures take their intended toll on the red hot real estate market, China Daily reported Sunday.