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This newly revised edition provides the most up-to-date picture available of developments in China's domestic and foreign trade since the founding of the People's Republic. The book presents extensive statistics on many important areas, both domestic--including purchasing power, per capita expenditure on consumer goods, value and quantity of commodities sales, transaction values, cost of living indexes, retail and purchasing prices--and foreign--the value, composition, and quantity of imports and exports; major imported and exported commodities; foreign capital utilized by cities, regions, and sectors; contracted projects and service cooperation with foreign countries; and tourism. ... Read more

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[This book is written in Chinese.]

To the people of Shanghai, the past decade is not ordinary. It saw the successful realization of the target of "having a change every year with a big change every three years" called on by Deng Xiaoping. The city economy developed in a continuous, speedy and healthy way; reform and opening were deepened all the time; the city achieved a new look; and the building up of spiritual civilization made impressive progress.

This report not only comprehensively depicts the changes of investment in Shanghai in 1998, but also opens a new chapter to introduce the basic research results of the cityÂ’s economic and social development strategy. ... Read more

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Calling China's huge population "arguably the greatest natural resource on the planet," Fishman details how hundreds of millions of peasants have migrated from rural to urban areas to find manufacturing jobs, providing an unlimited, low-wage workforce to power China's economy. In the process, this shift has changed both Chinese culture and the global business climate in significant ways. Simply put, American companies can't compete with wages as low as 25 cents an hour and lack of regulation and oversight, so are forced to move their operations to China or completely change the focus of their business. And it's not just a problem for the U.S.--even Mexico is outsourcing to China. Though it remains to be seen whether this will truly be the "Chinese Century" as Fishman asserts, China, Inc. is a brisk and informative look at why so many American corporations, and American jobs, are heading to China. --Shawn Carkonen ... Read more

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Excellent Background -
"China Inc." is a five-year old book about China's impact and direction. Normally that makes anything about China obsolete and not worth reading. Author Fishman's book, however, is almost as up-to-date as the day it was printed because it focuses on trends that turn out to be still valid, and because Fishman doesn't not allow himself to be diverted by naysayers and those that belittled the trends.

China's people have become, arguable, the greatest natural resource on the planet. It exports deflation, and also stokes soaring commodity input prices. We should pay greater attention to China, less to the Middle East, says Fishman. Example of just one rapid impact: From 2000 - 2003, Chinese exports of just wooden bedroom furniture to the U.S. rose from $360 million to nearly $1.2 billion, while the workforce at American wooden furniture factories fell 35,000 (one-third).

The transient 100 - 300 million who make up China's floating population are a roving nation that is potentially the most disruptive group and least easily controlled. Hence, part of the government's motivation to provide jobs.

Mao believed China's socialist revolution should originate with the peasantry, rather than urban workers per Marx. About 90% of CCP members in 1949 when the People's Republic was founded were peasants. Sixty percent of the rural population held land when it was all taken by the government.

Informal (non-bank lending) for new city dwellers was tied to family members remaining in rural areas. Collection efforts were likely to include staying in those relatives' homes and demanding to be taken care of. (Land could not be used to securitize loans.) Conversely, those remaining in rural areas often sent their most able-bodied member into the city (3/4 were male) to seek his fortune and help them out.

Chinese businesses have a fluid view of agreements and often a blatant disregard for legality. Farmers working in local factories when not harvesting/planting represent another large labor source.

In 1980, manufacturing comprised 1/4 of Hong Kong's economy - by 2002 it was down to 5%.

Per the Mexican government, the country lost 218,000 manufacturing jobs when 500 of the 3,700 export-only maquiladoras closed between 2001-2003. Another 200,000 jobs were lost from factories still running, and pay for those remaining has shrunk as much as 50%. From 2002-03, Mexico lost market share in 13 of the top 20 of its export industries - nearly always to China. Many of the displaced Mexicans moved north and took factory jobs from half the cost of American workers. Availability of qualified American workers was also a problem.

In 1995, only about 6% of Wal-Mart merchandise came from abroad - now it is 50 - 85%.

After the 2000 dot.com bubble, $30 billion in telecommunications infrastructure was sold to foreign firms for $4 billion; Chinese firms often buy manufacturing equipment when U.S. firms close and auction off their assets. Buildings cost 1/8th that of those in the U.S., machines one-third to one-twentieth. When U.S. producers move to China, their suppliers are then disadvantaged and seemingly pulled as well.

It costs about $1-2 billion to develop a new car in the U.S. Chinese producers get it free.

Chinese mobile phone calls get through in high-rises and subways - don't in the U.S.

For China to make an eg. MRI device even slightly out of date would pit China's industry against the large world market in used machines. Pfizer lost its Chinese patent protection via an unclear ruling in Chinese courts; GlaxoSmithKline simply gave up Avandia when challenged by competitors. Fighting the Chinese government risks losing access to China's much cheaper route for clinical trials, openness to gene therapy, genetically modified crops, etc.

Counterfeiters provide Chinese people with affordable goods and its companies the means to compete with strong foreign rivals. Bootleg software is often better - contains all the updates. Linux is becoming popular, providing the government leverage on Microsoft to reveal its code for possible modification for government use.

The Chinese rationalise that Microsoft isn't losing anything to bootleg sales because nobody would pay its list prices anyway. Chinese buyers are also aware of charges that Microsoft took Windows from Apple, Explorer from Netscape, etc.

The U.S. was complaining about an undervalued RMB since before an October, 2004 conference. Even then it was alleged that the RMB was undervalued 40%, and the Chinese promised to do something.

Tracking the first 3 months of 2004, 58 U.S. companies announced plans to move jobs to China (an understatement - many firms keep it quite), plus 69 to Mexico, 31 to India, 39 to other Asian nations, 35 to Central/South America, etc. Overall total - 255 companies in just those three months.

Can we talk outsourcing?
Should be mandatory reading for people who shop Wal Mart. Outsourcing is not good for our economy. Think it through!

China, Inc.
Excellent layman's view for the most extraordinary transformation in our lifetime by a journalist and economist

China's Recent Winning Hands
China, Inc. is primarily a compendium of facts, figures, stories, and statements that give the reader a sense of the amazing and overwhelming growth and change that is taking place in China.It is worth absorbing all the information to better understand the economic forces that are changing our lives, and those of people throughout the world, in irreversible ways.And the reader is left with the correct impression that this is only the beginning.What product will NOT be made in China in a few years?In the long run, other than natural resources, what CAN we sell back to China so they don't use all those dollars to simply purchase large pieces of America?Political and economic realities aside, we have to be impressed with the accomplishments of the people of China.Motivated by a desire for a better life the Chinese people are creating a new society at warp speed using an almost-forgotten tool:Hard Work.Members of Western entitlement societies may want to sit up and take notice.The author points out that the jury is still out on how China's capitalist-like economic life ultimately will affect the monolithic political structure of the country.In the competitive international marketplace, there will be winners and losers.For now, the Chinese are on a winning streak, and our response should be more than complaints that they don't always play by the rules.Americans are losing high-paying manufacturing jobs to China, while "saving money" buying more goods imported from China. This book is worth reading.

Rapid Rise to Super Power
Ted C. Fishman, author of China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World, like Ted Plafker and James McGregor, is a journalist who spent valuable time in China and then wrote a very insightful book to share his findings.

Fishman focuses in on China's shift from empire to poverty-stricken amongst third-world countries to an industrial super-power.The author also focuses on the threat to the Western world of China's emergence as a global economic power.

He discusses the challenge of trying to compete with China on pricing because its enormous labor supply allows it to price its products 30% to 50% less than what they could be produced for in the U.S.

Fishman also does a wonderful job describing the entrepreneurial spirit of the Chinese people - a quest for success and quick payoffs anddeterminedpursuit of opportunities.

The book also takes a tough look at such issues as the failure to adequately protect intellectual property, pollution, and limited currency conversion from the Yuan.

China Inc. is multi-dimensional in content but yet very easy to read.

By Gunjan Bagla
Author of Doing Business in 21st Century India
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"Consumer China 2010" is an invaluable reference book for any company looking to sell into the Chinese consumer market. It provides hard to research volume and value market size data for hundreds of consumer products (2003-2008), together with manufacturer and brand share data for the leading brands in each sector. Data are presented in easy to read statistical tables. At a glance you can identify the most popular consumer products, the fastest growing product sectors, those that are static and those in decline. Both volume and value data is researched, with value data presented in local currency and US$. To help put the consumer market data into context, "Consumer China" also offers a wealth of background data on business, economic and social conditions in the country. There is written analysis of the economic performance and economic outlook plus statistical tables highlighting population trends, foreign trade, health, labour indicators and more.This title helps to: access thousands of market size statistics for mainland China and Hong Kong via a single source; compare 5 years of historic data (2003-2008); view volume and value data, percent change and per capita figures; and, use key socio-economic indictors to put consumer market trends into context. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on rice in the husk or husked in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying rice in the husk or husked to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of rice in the husk or husked vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports rice in the husk or husked.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for rice in the husk or husked in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for rice in the husk or husked for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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A study of the Chinese economy by means of a disequilibrium-type macro-model, incorporating rational expectations. It reviews the features endemic to the Chinese economic system in the post-reform era, including strategic investment behaviour by government, and household consumption patterns. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on meat, meat offals and blood sausages in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying meat, meat offals and blood sausages to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of meat, meat offals and blood sausages vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports meat, meat offals and blood sausages.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for meat, meat offals and blood sausages in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for meat, meat offals and blood sausages for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on rice in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying rice to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of rice vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports rice.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for rice in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for rice for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on bakery products, bread, biscuits, and cakes in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying bakery products, bread, biscuits, and cakes to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of bakery products, bread, biscuits, and cakes vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports bakery products, bread, biscuits, and cakes.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for bakery products, bread, biscuits, and cakes in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for bakery products, bread, biscuits, and cakes for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on dried, salted, preserved and smoked fish in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying dried, salted, preserved and smoked fish to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of dried, salted, preserved and smoked fish vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports dried, salted, preserved and smoked fish.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for dried, salted, preserved and smoked fish in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for dried, salted, preserved and smoked fish for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh, chilled and frozen fish in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying fresh, chilled and frozen fish to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh, chilled and frozen fish vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports fresh, chilled and frozen fish.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for fresh, chilled and frozen fish in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for fresh, chilled and frozen fish for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on bacon, ham and other dried, salted, and smoked swine meat in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying bacon, ham and other dried, salted, and smoked swine meat to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of bacon, ham and other dried, salted, and smoked swine meat vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports bacon, ham and other dried, salted, and smoked swine meat.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for bacon, ham and other dried, salted, and smoked swine meat in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for bacon, ham and other dried, salted, and smoked swine meat for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on live animals chiefly for food in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying live animals chiefly for food to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of live animals chiefly for food vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports live animals chiefly for food.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for live animals chiefly for food in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for live animals chiefly for food for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh milk and cream in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying fresh milk and cream to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh milk and cream vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports fresh milk and cream.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for fresh milk and cream in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for fresh milk and cream for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on unmilled cereals excluding wheat, rice, barley and maize in China face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying unmilled cereals excluding wheat, rice, barley and maize to China? How important is China compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of unmilled cereals excluding wheat, rice, barley and maize vary from one country of origin to another in China?On the supply side, China also exports unmilled cereals excluding wheat, rice, barley and maize.Which countries receive the most exports from China? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for unmilled cereals excluding wheat, rice, barley and maize in China.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for unmilled cereals excluding wheat, rice, barley and maize for those countries serving China via exports, or supplying from China via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more