The hidden schedule of China

The Chinese Prime clergyman Jin Bia is in India on an official visit. But as if to underline the Chinese point of view, he has proceeded to Pakistan after the conclusion of his visit to India. This does not auger well as it shows the Chinese mindset of equating Pakistan with India. Pakistan remains a strong ally of China.

China also suffers from delusions, which have in part been fed by Western Powers and India as well. One of these is that =China is the Middle Kingdom and the town of world power. Thus the Chinese want to see the world straight through their own eyes. There is nothing wrong with that, except that when it affects countries like India then this Middle Kingdom opinion must be countered.

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India is the only counterweight to China in Asia. Japan is too small and the ravages of the Second World War and a pacifist constitution does not auger well for it to challenge China. The political leadership is well aware of this and thus China has a policy of containing India. These can be summarized as below:

a) China is cultivating Pakistan as a counterweight to India at every step. Some Chinese troops may also be in so called Azad Kashmir to needle India. Lately the Chinese have been issuing visas to Indians from Kashmir by not stamping the visa on the passport, but stapling it as an addendum.

b) China is now talking of a 2000 km border with India, though India claims a border of 3260 km. This shows that China has started someone else shift by not recognizing the Kashmir and Ladakh border as a part of India. In addition China does not identify the McMohan line as a border and also has occupied 30,000 sq miles of Ladakh in Aksai Chin as part of its territory.

c) China is production plans to encircle India. Hence the stress on cultivating Burma, Nepal and Bangladesh to break their relationships with India. The plan is to encircle India, as well as sustain any group from Nagaland to the Maoists who fight against India.

d) All these activities is covered up by a veneer of friendship and with bland statements that have no meaning.

Thus though the Chinese premier has signed deals worth 16 billion dollars, it is best to be wary of the dragon. One thing we must understand that the Chinese have a separate religious doctrine than India. For them the adage might is right holds true. This requires that India beef up its muscle and stand up to China and prove to the world that India is not behind China in any field.

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China's arrival Shift to Regional Trade

China realizes how vulnerable its export-driven cheaper has become, and is setting itself up as the powerhouse in a post-peak oil regional economy. The government understands that associates will reduce their orders for products from far-away lands during times of painfully high oil prices, and that the global cheaper will constrict as a result. So policy-makers are doing all they can to implement an energy output ideas independent of military surface China.

In the media, tag words such as "Conservation" and "Environmental Protection" are now spoken as oftentimes as "Harmonious Society". But that's mostly talk. If you read China's firm news each day, which I do, you will find a breath-taking improvement in the area of energy. The firm press suggests a concerted attempt to break away from procurement of insecure energy resources surface China's control. Instead, the country is building energy self-reliance, with environmental security getting the dirty end of the stick.

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China isn't building great walls to keep away the barbarians anymore. surface the country, its oil associates are focused on buying up petroleum resources to give the Middle Kingdom a reserved supply advantage as scarcity becomes more apparent. Inside China, business is revving up oil infrastructure capacity and refining output to compose domestic self-reliance. Much of China's Ipo (initial group offering) frenzy is aimed at gobbling up venture cash worldwide to buy access to commodities now, while it is still relatively cheap and freely ready on global markets.

A Flattened Economy: imagine a world in which energy prices are in the stratosphere, and the West's addiction to oil helps flatten the global economy. Western countries are in a tailspin. The world cheaper is shrinking as high oil prices eat into disposable income once spent on items imported from China. Those same oil prices have screwed up the economics of international shipping. Sound unrealistic? Read this.

In China, unemployment would reach stratospheric levels if there were greatly reduced installation orders from the rest of the world. Today, maybe 100 million installation workers churn out products in China. What if 10% were without jobs? You would need energy to supply group works projects to keep those workers employed. You don't want ten million out-of-work, hungry installation workers showing up at your front door request for change.

A partial clarification to this bad dream is to strengthen regional ties, since regional economies consume less energy than global trade. Can China exist in a regional framework while chronic to strengthen its domestic cheaper under an energy agenda focused on self-reliance? If you buy the plan of peak oil, it seems like the best bet. After all, most of the world's consumers live in China's neighbourhood. The Chinese cheaper is based on exporting manufactured goods. The buying must not stop.

Propping up the Greenback: Until recently, part of Chinese strategy was to hold Treasury Bonds issued by the Us in the Chinese treasury as a financial tool. Purchases of these bonds helped the central government voice a favourable transfer rate vis-à-vis the greenback for the yuan. Then came the made-in-America subprime fiasco, which led to crisis in the world's capital markets and the partial collapse of the Us dollar. It cannot have been lost on China's central bankers that propping up the buck is an unsustainable long-term strategy.

As in the matter of self-reliance in hydrocarbon liquids, China will use its great energy to mitigate the problems it is facing. Expensive, scarce fuel means you need shorter trade routes, so China will in effect compose a land link through Myanmar (Burma) to the Bay of Bengal. This will greatly strengthen its hand in the regional economy. It's a hop through Yunnan Province by rail, a skip to the coast in Myanmar, and a three day jump over the Bay of Bengal to Calcutta or Madras. Think the number of fuel saved by going through Myanmar to India rather than skirting all of Southeast Asia and travelling up the Straits of Malacca to India.

How will the investments of Western corporations fare as China focuses increasingly on a regional economy? Well, joint venture plants and factories will not be disassembled and repatriated to the investing nation. They will be utilized within China for China's people.

The Great 100 Year Plan: The Chinese Government must be looking parallels in the middle of the fantastic growth of its cheaper and the creation of Hong Kong. You build it, we keep it. You have set up our cheaper with your generous investments, built factories for us, given us your technology and knowhow to produce goods, and tutored us on oil refining and coal technologies plus solar and wind-power generation. You can go now. Thanks for coming, but we will keep the factories.

The post-peak oil global cheaper will have a new set of ground rules.

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Chinese soldiery Build Up - Sun Tzu and Chinese War machine

We are currently seeing a build up in China of their military, with 7 new classes of warships. Buying of 15 Billion worth of jet fighters from Russia, advances in Space which can lead to Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Electromagnetic Weapons, training and recruiting of personal for army. Taiwan is highly involved as is Japan, Russia is thrilled having been able to sell them technologically industrialized weaponry. Our defense business is upset seeing sales go to other countries, also alarming in our trade deficit and money flows out of our country to China, which is being used to buy the weapons in the first place. Airbus is establishing a forces group to catch some of that money flow too, having watched Boeing which also sells forces and industrial make major end roads to markets thru R and D partially arrival from Us Government, which as we know has been a deliberate upon in the Eu and fair trade rules as Airbus is funded in part and subsidized by European governments who are simultaneously deficit spending. The selling of weapons in the world is quite alarming and makes the case for Iranian or North Korea's nuclear weapon ambitions a tough one, in that shouldn't a country have the right to defend itself? A worthy deliberate upon although a government, which has proved untrustworthy in the past obviously should never be trusted with such destructive power which once used would nothing else but turn the history of mankind.

China is aware of the World's concern with the largest citizen base in the World and increasing industrial might, such concerns are warranted. One issue of supreme insight would be that of Dr. Einstein; "You cannot simultaneously get ready and preclude war." China says it wants to defend itself. Which is a noble cause of any nation, right? Yes, but the interrogate is from whom? No one country on Earth is up to a challenge of the Chinese Military, except maybe the Us, which of policy is a trading partner whose purchases are funding their economy and their war machine. Having the world's largest and most superior Army, Air Force and Navy has been for over 25 years undisputed territory of the United States. Chinese war law predicts forcing political will without use of force or if possible not fighting a single battle as adequate method. If China wishes to force its political will with Taiwan, then who might defend them? Will the Us show up for a political game poker game where each side tries to bluff the other. Chinese culture is much different than Western Culture despite the closeness in the end goals of the civilizations (certainly worthy of conference for an additional one topic). China is well aware of the tension created by this build up and the power and what that means for its time to come forceful negotiations of will. China currently does not wish to rock the boat until it has the forces might to play at the poker table with the Eu or with the United States and has suggested a Hotline to Washington Dc in the interim. Retention up communication is important to peaceful solutions to forces issues, but are we playing into a grander plan. By opportunity forces force hotline are we in fact admitting and raising their status as a World Power?

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China, Us Discuss Setting Up Defense Hotline
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-05o.html

"Beijing (Xna) Feb 01, 2005 - Chinese Defense Ministry and its Us counterpart rounded off their first extra policy dialogue here Tuesday with both voicing their satisfactions, a sign of warming ties between two militaries of the two countries."

China is also testing its power and practicing the modern art of war:

China, Russia To Hold First Ever Joint forces Drill
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"Beijing (Afp) Feb 01, 2005 - Russia and China will show the way their first ever joint forces exercises in August or September to best coordinate the fight against terrorism, state media reported Tuesday."

The United States if it nothing else but expects to remain the world leader militarily ought to take notes of these trends and set a policy to allege the quality to negotiate from a position of compel and be prepared to make an example of any nation which tries to force our their will against us or our allies with annihilating force so that China realizes that we are not into the bluffing game and will not tolerate imperialism from any other nation in the time to come periods. Without such a demonstration China will test us with Taiwan and then other allies to see how far we can be pushed. Such a series of signs will be very similar to a former set of threats which history had showed us while Germany's build up to power. We should be ready to negotiate but not fear the ultimate example and display of power to put away any possible endeavor for any other nation to bluff us into backing down on what we know to be right.

This should not be a considered a warning of time to come events to come, but we should be ready and prepared to defend the free world and use unheard of force if primary and all those in the wake should know in develop that we do not do threats, we do not play with bluffers and we will prevail no matter what. Do not challenge the free world and never mistake the United States' acts of kindness for a sign of weakness.

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The Power of education - Stealing pupil Records in China

In China, one child is the rule. Preferably a male child, thank you very much. When that child arrives he is the crown jewel of the Chinese family, potentially a label out of poverty and safety for the parents in old age. Therefore, an often dirt poor family will scrape and slave for years to make sure that child has a good education and a opportunity to get ahead in Chinese society.

Meticulous records of a student's grades are kept on paper. Students who do well and excel in their classes are rightly proud of their achievements. As well, Chinese society recognizes those good efforts and rewards star students with jobs in government, sciences, manufactures and connected fields. The article of ones' grades are the label to a best life. That is unless that precious piece of paper disappears from the vaults of the Chinese educational bureaucracy.

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And that's unmistakably what is happening now. Pupil records for the very best and brightest seem to be magically disappearing from files and storage areas at an alarming clip. The presumption is that they're being resold on the black shop for big bucks. The loss of these records is a devastating blow to families who have invested everything they have in their children. As a rule, Chinese society holds in high regard those with advanced education or vast worldly knowledge. I'm therefore at a loss to understand why authorities apparently stand idly by as the lives of challenging and hard working students are destroyed for profit.

When I look colse to at how cavalier many of our students are about school I wonder if any of them would trade places with their Chinese counterparts?

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The Economic Ascendancy of China - China as a Major Player in World Economics

China has experienced unparalleled economic increase within the last two decades. This increase has unmistakably earned China the position of a major economic power in Asia. China ranks slightly behind Japan in economic power and marginally behind the United States in purchasing power. In world rankings, China is the sixth largest merchandising nation in the world, the twelfth largest exporter of commercial services, and the largest beneficiary of foreign direct investments. China's ascendancy has been furthered by its entry into the World Trade organization in late 2001. Although there is some consulation that the actual increase of China's economic status is not as high as the Chinese government presents, any way there is wee doubt that China has officially entered the global stage as a major economic player.

Many experts are so impressed by the exponential increase of China's cheaper in up-to-date years that they have referred to the nation as "the worlds manufacturing center". Surely, as China has come to be a major exporter of world goods, this description, although exaggerated, is largely graphic of China's position in the world economy. However, this increase has been questioned by some experts and has worried other Asian nations. China's increase within the Asian market itself has increased steadily in the last two decades; a phenomenon largely unequaled by any other nation in the world.

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With other nations within Asia, as well as with nations surface of the geographic area, China's exports have far exceeded their imports. This increase has excited the investment sector and resulted in the inflow of global capital into the nation's economy. Although China's exports are still a relatively small part of the Southeast Asian totals, most experts insist that China will be the areas largest exporter of goods within the decade. Experts have also noted a steady trade surplus with western nations such as the United States and the European Union that are likely to reserve and encourage China's economic growth.

Part of this economic increase has been fueled by China's attraction as a traveler destination. The past two decades has seen a rise in the influx of tourists as well as the increase in both inbound and outbound enterprise travel. Just like the rise in China's economic growth, its tourism market has also experienced essential increases. Currently, China has the world's fastest growing tourism market with over two million visitors each year in up-to-date years. And as the nation continues to grow in a enterprise sense, more and more individuals will be traveling into and out of the nation. There has been some concern that China's increase as an exporter of buyer goods may render other exporters somewhat impotent in the global buyer goods market.

However, some experts argue that this will not occur because the increasing globalization of the world buyer goods market is likely to render other nations equally contentious in the yield and exportation of such goods as transportation technologies and electronics and that the yield chain that exists throughout nations, especially in the case of Southeast Asia, will only be enhanced by the increase of such nations as China and their ascendancy as a world economic player. However, experts also predict that, especially in the areas of clothing and textiles, China's increase may result in increased competition in the Southeast Asian market that may render contentious markets unable to keep up. Although this will unmistakably keep market prices low, it will also give China a sure benefit over its Southeast Asian neighbors and have an undesired result on the wages and profit margins of industries in those other nations.

There is also some concern over the estimate of funds that are flowing into China as opposed to the investments that are entering other Southeast Asian nations. China has a decidedly larger share of foreign investment funds than its neighbors. Especially in Southeast Asia, the competition for foreign investors is intense with almost half of these funds now going to China and the rest of the nations of the area realizing an almost 50% discount in foreign investment funds. Many experts note that the majority of China's increase has been a result of the opening of China's markets to foreign investors. Although doing enterprise in China remains difficult in some sense, the opening of the cheaper has been a boon not only to investors, but, obviously to China as well. Before China's economic rise, Japan was the only nation in Southeast Asia to be recognized as a major world economic player and they were also the recipient of the majority of foreign investment funds.

However, as can be imagined, Japan has suffered financially as a result of China's increase in that as foreign investors identify China's economic potential, the bulk of foreign investments funds have shifted away from Japan and into China. Additionally, Japan has had to decide either to invest some of their own funds into China's economic market and growth. Although they have been reluctant to invest in China's increase in the past, there may now be a growing trend toward Japanese investments in China with the planned relocation of several Japanese businesses. Some experts predict that China's increase will benefit its neighbors as China begins to invest in other Southeast Asian nations. In fact, China herself has asserted that her economic increase should not make the surrounding nations nervous but should instead be a welcomed part of the whole area's increase as China promises to share the wealth.

Although some individuals see China's explosive increase as a up-to-date event, it has unmistakably been a long time coming. Since China opened its economic and bodily borders to investors in the early 1990's, the nation has been the beneficiary of much of the world's investors who were searching for new markets in which to invest. However, some experts predict that the general political instability of the region may well be the downfall of China's economic increase as these experts wonder how long such increase can be sustained especially to the disadvantage of the rest of the area. These same experts predict that the only way for other Southeast Asian nations to compete will be to manufacture similarly efficient trade policies as has China. However, these nations, bogged down by internal political problems and poor leadership may not be able to keep up. China's rise in up-to-date decades from a poor country with a stagnant cheaper has been noted as a huge success story.

China has been one of the few nations to realize steady economic increase even while periods of economic depression. Some analysts insist that this increase has put China behind only the United States as a total world power and some even sound that the next few years may unmistakably see China overtake the United States as a major world power in every respect, not just economically. Certainly, China's rise as a world player in economics as well as politics has opened communications in the middle of China and the U.S. As well as with the rest of the world. China is now the United States' second largest trading source and many U.S. Investors have flooded China with U.S. investment funds. However, as some analysts predict that China will overtake the U.S. As the world's largest cheaper within the next decade, other analysts argue that, even if China continues to realize sustained economic growth, it does not have the political structure to overtake the U.S. As a world superpower.

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'Made In China' Toys - Is Your house Safe?

With the massive number of recalled goods man-made in China this past year, there is legitimately cause for concern. From pet food to children's toys, the products found to be contaminated or simply unsafe have hit families where they can truly be hurt.

A statistic that cannot be ignored is the fact that products made in China catalogue for 80% of all toys sold in the United States, and a similar pattern holds true for the rest of the G8 countries - the richest nations in the world. All of these countries allege high government-enforced safety standards in the construct of toys, but China is behind in such regulation and they find themselves short-staffed to levy the regulations they do have. The fact of the matter is, as long as large corporations such as Mattel look to shave dollars off of their lowest line by having their manufacturing done in the developing world, rather than within the G8 countries where their toys are primarily sold, these sorts of problems will continue to arise. The factories where these goods are being produced use cheap components and even economy labour. I know it's a cliché, but you do very often get what you pay for.

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There are some population who have spoken up in defense of the convention of farming out manufacturing jobs, as well as other jobs requiring large numbers of workers (such as call centres), to the developing world, saying that it reduces costs to the consumers. Frankly, I believe that it only increases profits to the clubs that use these factories. However, when clubs cut costs, somebody somewhere has to pay them - and it seems that it normally ends up being the shopper that is buying their toys. We're seeing it now, in the massive recalls that have probably only just begun.

That is not to say that China hasn't felt the sting of this global controversy. The head of the Chinese toy premise at the centre of the lead paint dispute took his own life in one of his warehouses shortly after the world-wide August 2007 recalls that brought so much negative concentration to the country's manufacturing industry. Mattel has announced stricter scrutiny of its own products prior to their distribution and some members of the government of the United States have called for legislation to detain Chinese made products at customs for full safety inspections before allowing them to enter their country. With such a negative light shining on their manufacturing business and the Olympics advent to Beijing, the Chinese government is likely to step up regulation in its manufacturing business to counteract the bad social relations that they have received thus far. What that will mean to large clubs like Mattel is hard to predict at this point, but I think that a higher cost for toys at the cash register is a small price to pay for the safety of our children.

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increase of the Us cheaper Slows: Rising buyer Prices and Trade Deficit with Exporter China

Based on recent reports, the growth of the Us economy, which is the biggest worldwide, has slowed during the 2nd quarter of 2006. The decline has been attributed to the addition interest rates, as well as the rising cost of energy. Needless to say, the recent oil price hikes have not affected the current oil demand, which is startling to reach its peak this summer. The Us government though relies on its own oil industries and foreign supplies in order to meet the rising vigor demand. Although Venezuela, which is a major oil exporter to the Us, is slowly withdrawing its proximity in the country, the Us has found vigor supplies in other allies. The United States has also urged China to convention fair trade in order to prevent imbalances. China, which is someone else leading exporter in the Us, has been blamed for the huge trade deficit affecting the Us economy.

During the 2nd quarter, the Gdp (Gross Domestic Product) of the Us rose by 2.5% per annum compared to the 5.6% rate during the first quarter of 2006. Although the decline has been startling by economists, the corollary exceeded their previous prediction. Now, analysts are considering to impart and revise their first forecast about the growth of the Us cheaper this year. It must be noted that the Federal hold has startling that the American cheaper would grow by 3.5% in 2006 compared to last year's 3.2%. However, analysts have said that the nation's economic development might be affected by any issues such as the rising interest rates, vigor costs, and the growing trade gap with trading partners like China, which is a major exporter to the Us.

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The decline of consumer activity has also been seen as someone else factor behind the slowdown of the Us economy. Due to this, economic experts have startling that the Central Bank of America might limit the growth of interest rates amidst the pressures of the rising vigor prices. It must be noted that the Federal hold has been slowly addition the cost of borrowing as the cheaper gains more pace. In fact, it raised the interest rates up to a record level of 5.25%. Now, analysts have been speculating either the Central Bank would growth the rates again this month considering the decline of consumer spending.

Although the foreign products such as those from exporter China have come to be more inviting due to their lower cost, the rate of spending of consumers was still restrained by the addition prices of commodity. Agreeing to the group of Commerce, core prices, excluding vigor and food costs, have risen at an yearly rate of 2.9% during the 2nd quarter compared to the 2.1% rate during the first quarter. Meanwhile, personal expenditures rose by 4.1% compared to the 2% rate during the 1st three months of 2006. The Labor group also reported that cost of hiring and maintaining workers was someone else factor behind the nation's inflation. Meanwhile, the Us government has already urged its major exporter China to address the problem of trade imbalances by observing fair trade practices.

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The Way of Pursuing permissible News Translation From English to Chinese

News as journalism is a genre of publicizing latest events. It informs us of what is going on in the world at large. So if we want to introduce China to the world and let population from other countries know us well, we should adopt a proper way and should pay more attentiveness to the translation of news into English and avoid the appropriateness.

The reconsideration is accepted by so many people. And it is widely used to translate it. Such as the news from "The Guardian, Dec.26 2001"

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"Japan's Foreign clergyman Makiko Tanaka stressed Tuesday at a press seminar in Tokyo that the Japanese government will absolutely make great efforts for China's peaceful reunification."

And from "The United Press International, April 14 2004"

"Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with China's President Hu Jintao, his predecessor, Jiang Zenmin, who stepped down from communist party and government posts but retains operate over the military, and Premier Wen Jiabao, responsible for the widespread operations of the nation's cabinet...Hu reiterated the Chinese position of adhering to 'peaceful reunification, and one china, two systems,' and its commitment to the 'peaceful clarification of the Taiwan issue, but...not...Taiwanese independence"

Both of these approve that our translation has affected the opinions of other country. It plays a very leading role.

"According to a spokesman for the Beijing Trade Union, Trade Unions will be organized in all three kinds of ventures."

The three kinds of ventures include firm for Sino-foreign joint venture, firm for Sino-foreign co-production and enterprises with sole foreign capital. If we just translate it as enterprises in three forms of ventures, the readers will not know which three forms are they. And this may work on the trade in the middle of China and overseas. It is harmful for us cheaper development. Therefore, we should express it more clearly. "According to a spokesman for the Beijing Trade Union, Trade Unions will be organized in all Sino-foreign joint ventures, co-production, and solely foreign-owned enterprises."

All above examples have shown some inappropriateness in English news translation. Our Chinese culture is different from most of western countries and we have some exclusive features in journalistic English translation.

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China: Let Real Estate Prices Soar to control population Growth?

It is said that human capital can best be developed with a carport people - a people that neither shrinks nor expands. With the stability of numbers comes the quality of an economy to more equitably distribute its economic gains among the populace, as government fiscal spending can be more evenly spread among the citizens of all age groups.

It seems that China has come up with an ingenious advent with people control. But before we go on any further, let's state a few facts:

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First, the Chinese government corporations artificially jacked up real estate prices in the mainland by outbidding private associates and individuals more than half of the time. This has made it roughly impossible for the midpoint Chinese to own a home in the cities like Beijing and Guangzhou.

Second, an integral part of any wedding engagement is the acquisition of a home by a integrate even before the wedding rites. This is a long-held tradition that has not eroded in the thousands of years of Chinese history.

Moreover, China is a place where people are used to working real hard in a work environment that can at best be described as far from ideal. Other nationalities would say, "Hey, we work hard too!" However, try earning 50 cents an hour and tell me that line again. For this reason, women are more inclined to look for grooms who will be best able to obtain their future.

Third, Chinese citizens seldom have kids out of wedlock. Apart from the fact that promiscuity is a taboo in China, the Chinese government also imposes hefty fines on people who commit this misdemeanor. While many people from the West would object to this, we can attribute it to the undeniable culture divide between the two hemispheres.

Now, let's join together the dots.

Since Chinese homes are very difficult to obtain due to their exorbitant prices, the midpoint Chinese will be forced to rent a flat for a majority of his pre-retirement life. Thus, wedding engagements will be harder to halt because of antagonistic reactions from mostly conservative families.

Hence, many people will remain unmarried for a majority of the fertile part of their life. This is reinforced by the fact that illegitimate children seldom exist over there.

For the past few years, the Chinese population's growth rate is still at 0.5 percent annually. However, near perfect stability in as far as people numbers can now be attained, thanks to this ingenious nudge from the national government.

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Next Super Country Is India, Not China?

The Gdp in China was only the 2/3 of the Gdp in India in 1978, but now it is 70%~80% higher than India, so many habitancy say China makes magic economy, but India doesn't. But the others adopt opposite opinion.

1. Comparing the two countries, it is not spoton only consider the economic improvement in the past ten years or twenty years. In fact, agreeing to the consequent on the community and economy from financial development, India has more potential developing space than China. The thrifty improvement in China while the last ten years are generally depends on the cheap labor force. They supply manufacturing commerce and linked assistance to other countries, like making shoes, clothes, toys and so on. So the behalf is limited. So China should heighten its technology power as well as its assistance commerce to get more profit, otherwise, it is not easy for China to surpasses India.

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2. Finance and securities commerce in India is more advanced than it in China and the economic law in India provides more chances to entrepreneur. In China, 99% young habitancy work for others. But the situation in India is much better. So how to heighten Finance and securities commerce is very crucial for China at this moment.

3. Global capital is flow direct to India actively. In today's global economic situation, cheap labor is not so competitive. The country's law is the key factor. Other countries think India has more free system, which is free on news, laws and more democratic. So they are more likely to invest in India than in China.

In fact, as I know, China has improved a lot on economy and technology. More and more foreigners know China and would like to invest in China after the Olympic Games and world expo.

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China: Tibet Standoff

The People's Liberation Army of China invaded Tibet in 1949. Since then each Tibetan has a many a tale of oppression, forced occupancy and violation of basic rights to narrate. Tibet is now home of any hundred thousands of military who forcefully manages the daily affairs of a once free nation.

The Chinese government claims that it has the right to rights of Tibet neither because of the military conquest nor because of the so-called "Seventeen Point agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" which it forced upon Tibet in 1951. Their claim is based on historical relationships primarily between Mongol or Manchu rulers with Tibetan Lamas and Chinese rulers and Tibetan Lamas. The claimed relation existed in the 18th century at the prime period of Mongol imperial expansion when the Mongol emperors extended their political supremacy throughout most of Asia and large parts of Eastern Europe and when Manchu Emperors ruled China and vast their affect throughout East and Central Asia along with Tibet.

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Tibet has been under foreign affect at dissimilar times of its history which includes the Mongols, the Gorkhas of Nepal, the Manchu Emperors of China and the British rulers. Tibet also have exercised power and affect on its neighbours along with China. Comparing to the other states in the world the degree and the length of the foreign affect was quite itsybitsy in the case of Tibet. However there is no history of a union or integration of the Tibetan state with any of the rulers related with Tibet.

China's territorial claims are very unacceptable in accordance to international laws and practices.

The International Commission of Jurists'' Legal Enquiry Committee on Tibet reported in its study on Tibet''s legal status:

Tibet demonstrated from 1913 to 1950 the conditions of statehood as commonly accepted under international law. In 1950, there was a habitancy and a territory, and a government which functioned in that territory, conducting its own domestic affairs free from any covering authority. From 1913-1950, foreign relations of Tibet were conducted exclusively by the Government of Tibet, and countries with whom Tibet had foreign relations are shown by legal documents to have treated Tibet in custom as an independent State. [Tibet and Chinese People''s Republic, Geneva, 1960, pp. 5, 6]

Tibet has enjoyed forty years of independence which is in itself a valid reason to give independent status for any country in the international community. It's an ironical fact that many members of the United Nations have enjoyed a similar or even shorter period of independence.

The Dalai Lama on the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese vocation made his stand clear that Tibet does not seek independence from China. Although the spiritual and temporal head of Tibet "The Dalai Lama" follows a middle path the local Tibetans seeks for a free Tibet. The Tibetans feel that the cultural and religious autonomy of Tibet is under threat due to the expanding presence of Han Chinese. The Han nationals occupy a wide range of executive territory within and covering Tibet. They have taken away the opportunities of small-time Tibetan traders in the streets of Lhasa and have affected their livelihoods.

Since 1989 after some negotiations were on for granting some autonomy to Tibet the Chinese have not given any till date. The habitancy of Tibet are more worried about the diplomacy the Chinese is following to turn the demography of the region. China have pumped in infrastructural investments worth 50 billion yuan in developing road, railways, airfields, hydroelectric and geothermal stations which in turn has demanded huge inflow of labor ie the Han Chinese. Though the Chinese terms this as the steps taken for the allembracing development of Tibet, the Tibetans see this as a danger to their cultural autonomy. According to rough estimates of the Tibetan government in exile there are five lakh Chinese police and army personnel in Tibet.

The government in exile of Tibet starkly objects the Tibetan Autonomous Region (Tar). They want Amdo and Kham to be an integral part of Tar which is not accepted to the Chinese. The Chinese government always kept the stand of contribution Dalai Lama an prominent position in the government and the condition they are demanding is that he should stay in Beijing which is not accepted to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans.

It is while the height of tensions between Tibet and China while the March 1959 Kampa rebellion after which the Dalai Lama fled to India. Since then China has harshly brought down all protests. Though Dalai Lama was given a warm welcome in India the government in exile is not very happy with India coming in Tibet's case.

In 1954, Jawaharlal Nehru said Tibet was part of China. In 1988, Rajiv Gandhi claimed that Tibet was an autonomous part of China. In 2003, A B Vajpayee said the Tibetan Autonomous Region was part of China. At the same time, China has always been apprehensive of India''s sympathy for the Tibetan cause, ever since in 1957 when the Dalai Lama shared the dais with Nehru. But since India shares a 3,600-km border with China, it is not staggering to overtly query the latter''s operate over the Tar.

India pays for the welfare of over two lakh refugees and believes that autonomy in Tar with the Dalai Lama as the head of Tibetan affairs ease the tensions and make it inherent for the Tibetans to return.

The Tibetan Youth Congress (Tyc) has been seen as one the major threats by the Chinese management as it is categorized as a terrorist outfit. China seeks global hold in the worldwide "global war on terror" by giving declaring it a terrorist outfit.

Tibetans lack global hold and the Us is not keen in the Tibetan cause. The uncompromising attitude of the China has made the Dalai Lama tour extensively to internationalize the Tibetan cause.

The well wishers of Tibet hope that China might over time have to furnish a part of autonomy and relaxation to five regions -- Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Han China and Greater China consisting of Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong and the prosperous coastal regions.

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Brilliance Auto - New Car Imports From China

Over the past several years, rumors of a pending "invasion" of the Us consumer shop by cheaply priced (and cheaply made) Chinese cars have surfaced from time to time.

First, it was Chery Automotive, a enterprise sued by general Motors for having a name too close to Chevy, the nickname for Gm's iconic Chevrolet brand. A enterprise set up by Malcolm Bricklin who brought the ill-famed Yugo to our shores in the 1980s was planning to bring these same Chery cars stateside as recently as 2006, but that venture has failed and Mr. Bricklin is in a legal wrangle with his Chinese partners.

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Next, it was Brilliance Auto who talked about shipping their cars to the Us only to be publicly embarrassed when their flagship Brilliance Bs6 (I kid you not, that is the name of this model) failed an leading European crash test. Results of that test were posted to YouTube and and can still be found there today. Yes, that is the car's windshield that worked its way loose and went flying...get out of the way!

Lastly, just about every other maker of Chinese cars has also promised to import their cars to the Us together with several with unpronounceable and clearly unforgettable names. Great Wall Motor (Gwm) is one of the easier names to remember, but their cars were kicked out of Italy recently after a judge ruled that one of its models was a replica of the Fiat Panda, a charge that Gwm denies.

Brilliance Auto At The 2009 Naias

This year's auto show in Detroit (North American International Auto Show or Naias) featured a handful of models from plump Chinese companies, but none have promised what Brilliance Auto plans to do in 2009: put their cars on display and start selling them the same year in the Us.

Brilliance has announced that they will ship their Bs6 midsize sedan, Bs4 ageement car, Bc3 sport coupe, and Frv hatchback to Detroit for the 2009 Naias and begin selling their cars in America later in 2009. Moreover, enterprise officials promise that by this December each featured model will pass stringent Us protection and emissions testing.

Advice For Brilliance

Though I legitimately commend Brilliance for their persistence, I can offer some advice to the enterprise before they show up in Detroit this January:

Change the name of your models - In the Us, Bs doesn't mean Brilliance Sedan - it wouldn't be permissible etiquette to clarify exactly what these two letters stand for, but it has something to do with cattle excrement.

Build better quality - The federal government will require your cars to pass Us tests otherwise no Brilliance model will be allowed to enter Us ports. Once you get that down, you need to make sure that your cars can stand the test of time. American drivers are picky and expect their vehicles to last without bumpers falling off, side panels rotting, or windshield panes breaking.

Hire a Us Pr firm - Work with a Us group relations firm who understands the domestic automotive shop and be ready to listen to their advice. Some of what they have to say will frustrate you, but be ready to make changes as needed. Hire a crack writing team who can properly translate documents from Mandarin to English flawlessly. American consumers will only laugh at your poorly translated documentation.

Will Brilliance supervene stateside? That depends - their cars have to be of decent quality, priced to sell, and be backed by a compassionate warranty. You can bet that the first time a Brilliance model is in an accident, news crews will descend to see how it withstood the crash and what damage was realized. If things get ugly, YouTube could come to be the worst Pr bad dream for the fledging Chinese auto industry.

(Source: The Auto Writer)

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Organic Food market in China Soaring

When population think of China they indeed don't think about organic foods. In fact, due world news about their pollution in China many population see it as a polluted wasteland. Of course, China is a huge place, and the pollution is only near the factories and down River from these regions. We have all heard about the dolphins in the Yangtze River, and we know that river will be void of life and oxygen within less than a year.

Most of us have also heard that off the coasts of Shanghai and Beijing there are huge dead zones in the ocean. Never in 1 million years we would we think that the Chinese are very much into organic foods. But did you know that they import an fullness of organic foods from all over the globe, and they still have over 1000 certified organic growers domestically.

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So not only are the Organic Farm product imports doing well there, but it is a new huge domestic industry. In fact, there is more organic certified food yield in China than in the United States; I bet you didn't know that? Not only that but it is growing by leaps and bounds, and there are imaginable to be 2500 certified organic growers domestically in China by 2012.

The growing middle class in China wants safer food products, and they perceive how important organic foods are. You must understand it goes good with their culture, and fits right in with their eastern style medicine, and holistic health habits. The organic food store in China could indeed come to be a billion industry within the next decade. Please think all this.

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China's Internet World

China with an Internet user base of 218 million has surpassed United States as the world's largest Internet population, generating much hype about a promising e-commerce scene with increased entrepreneurial opportunities. It is estimated by the end of 2008, China's internet people will hit 280 million.

For the past few years, the popularity of online shopping has grown tremendously and it has steadily becoming an additional one source for ordering goods and services online. The increased adoption of reputation cards provides e-commerce companies new cooperation opportunities with established banks to work on reputation card loyalty and rewards program. Furthermore, consumers are exposed to both objective and biased opinions advent from the online forums and advertising mediums, resulting in greater facts symmetry.

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China's online gaming sector is an additional one upcoming sector which will contribute to the global online gaming industry worth an estimation of Us15 billion dollars. For instance, Electronic Arts, the world's leading video game publisher is set to enter China's online gaming market, a testimonial to the inherent of the Chinese Internet market. Furthermore with the increased popularity of the online casual games for Chinese women, you see an increased buyer base for online gaming.

With the increased labour mobility, the Chinese people are often seeking the most prudent form of transportation with family, friends and colleagues. Therefore the internet provides a good source of garage and cheap means of communication. With the increased adoption of broadband Internet, Internet telephony could be the next big thing in China.

Though the store looks promising, but there are some challenges to tackle before the inherent of this store can be fully realized. Firstly, many e-commerce sites' payment is still based on cash on delivery due to a lack of established pool of reputation card users and trust connected issues. Furthermore, depending on the distribution network of your products, you may find delivery of your goods to your client in an additional one city a challenge due to the inefficiencies of China's delivery system. Any way this can be solved with the sourcing of the right distribution partners who can aid your firm in delivering your goods safely and on time to your customers. China is seeing at devising good technological and legal tools to govern their next biggest store - the virtual world.

Last but not least, it will be useful for your firm to engage a good Chinese store explore firm to support you to accomplish the critical store explore to reaffirm your notion process, source for accepted distribution partners and lastly store entry in to China's virtual world.

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North Korean President Calls China's forces Weak, No Match For His Technologically advanced Army

The President of North Korea has been telling his soldiery generals and a few close aids that North Korea is technologically advanced enough to defeat any army, navy, or soldiery group from China that might challenge it. Secret sources now tell us that that miniature nation-state is planning a full-scale defense to China if they progress on them, and if the Chinese never do move against North-Korea, Kim Jong Il will rehearsal his plan of an obnoxious play or so he has claimed secretly to.

North Korea now has nuclear weapons technology and plans to show its might, and has threatened, even dared anything to do anything about it. Some have accused the Chinese of allowing Kim Jong Il to carry on and do miniature or nothing about it, as that bogs down their competitive nations like the Us, South Korea, and Japan, as they have to allot resources to deal with it all. This would make sense from a long-term strategic standpoint, which China is all about.

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But, now China is being figured by North Korea as being weak, afraid, and even inferior due to Kim Jong Il's nuclear weapons capabilities. The Chinese President has prided himself and the nation in having a strong military, yet if it cannot even cope a miniature country like N.Korea then one has to ask if it is as tough, strong, and capable as purported. By them doing nothing, it does make them look weak, and gives "North Korea" the upper hand to fulfill their desires to manufacture, sell, and generate both short and long-term nuclear weapons. Please think this.

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Why India Can Never Be China!

My India.

Since the past 2 years I have been hearing how China is on the fast track to becoming a superpower and am all the time reasoning why are we lagging behind? Why can't our government do what the Chinese are doing? building superb infrastructures, stringent citizen control rules, greater acceptable of living, discount of poverty, unemployment and what not.

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But a news a few days back opened my eyes that all this is being done at a great cost.

A Chinese lady 8 months pregnant was made to forcibly abort her child because it was her second baby. Millions of citizen are made homeless in the name of developing infrastructure,no relaxation of press (speech and expression), no relaxation to sell or buy what is yours.

True my nation does not have super infrastructure or is not on a fast track towards amelioration but I feel free in my country. I am not scared to express what I feel. True we also have a citizen that is beyond control but we comprehend the value of life of a baby to a mum and her happiness even though its her fifth child. I have Facebook, Orkut or even Sata Banta and can write or speak anyone I want through blogs or press.

We do not need to collate ourselves with anyone, we should be proud of anyone we have. My country values humanity, relaxation and love, the very basic essence of human life. I love my country and am proud to be an Indian.

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How We See China

Living in China, for a Westerner, is a unique experience for each person. There is no particular impression that can sum up what it is to be in China because each private not only looks at China from a distinct viewpoint, but there are innumerable things to been seen.

First off China can be divided into Southern and Northern culture. While the most customary staple of Chinese diet is rice, folks from the north rarely eat it. When you ask a Chinese someone from a southern area what the contrast in the middle of the North and the South is, they'll tell you three things. They're taller. It's colder. They eat bread, not rice.

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China can also very much be divided into cultural groups as well. Although the majority of China is Han - a striking 91 percent, there are many larger groups and even more smaller groups of assorted Ethnic Minorities, mostly located in the western regions. Some of the groups which may be customary to Westerners contain Uyghurs, Tibetan, Hakka, and Mongols but there are many more. A total of fifty-six ethnic minority groups reside in China.

China also has a huge range of living conditions and lifestyles from the very western influenced, modern and luxurious flats of Shanghai to farming villages where residents still live in communal houses and paved roads are something you'll only see after a thirty-minute motorcycle ride followed by a twenty-minute bus ride.

As westerners in China, no matter how long we live here, we tend to group our experiences together and say to ourselves, "This is China." But it's foremost to think that China is distinct to everyone. someone who lived in a community in Inner Mongolia for six months in the winter will have seen a completely distinct China from someone who lived in Guangzhou for 5 years.

No only must we look at our surroundings, but we must also look at ourselves. Where do we come from and how does it sway how we see China? I've been in China for four years now. I had former lived abroad, and am originally from California. I'm happy here and may end up settling down here one day. Most recently a new educator came to our school from Georgia. Within one month she had been robbed, stalked, and humiliated and swiftly went home. The story she tells her friends about China will be very distinct from mine.

How We See China

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What Has Gotten Into The Stock store Lately?

What happened to the stock markets in early March?

Anyone at all complicated in investing or trading no doubt personally experienced
it - the stock markets went straight through a major correction! And in these days of the
"World Economy" such a revising can be triggered by news from anywhere in the
world.

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As it did this time. Poor economic news from China prompted a sharp world
decline in stock prices in just a few days. And many investors, especially long
term investors made big losses.
And they're probably asking: "Is there some way
I could have avoided production losses while that period?"

Well, the sass is verily Yes.

Obviously trying to predict such a revising and get out before it happens is
extremely difficult, and verily more a matter of luck than anyone else. But
by diversifying your trading strategies you can definitely avoid losses while
such times - and in fact make healthy gains instead!

The key is to employ a mix of trading techniques that take advantage of a
variety of trading timeframes.

Avoid putting all your eggs in the "long term" basket and look at complementing
your trading with styles that make returns over the shorter term as well:

- Swing trading is an exquisite way to capitalize on market movements over a
period of just a few days or weeks.
- Day trading of course, allows you to make returns on stock movements within
just one day.

And, mix up how and what you trade:
- consist of Short Selling in your trading techniques. By selling a stock or index
short, you are finding to profit from downward moves. This is just as valid as
trying to get in low and sell high. And provides an leading hedge against a
market correction
- Also, there are now Inverse and even Double-Inverse indices that can be traded
quite easily. Dog is the seal for the Inverse Dow 30 Index and Dxd is the
Double Inverse Dow 30. By owning these, you are essentially short selling the
major stock indices.

And, contrary to beloved belief, it is not difficult to begin trading in this
manner. Over the years online trading has exploded in popularity and, as a
result, the resources, tools, strategies and infrastructure available to the
ordinary investor have become enormous.

- Online brokers offer trading accounts with highly low commissions that
allow investors to trade all kinds of separate instruments (stocks, options,
futures, forex) over all kinds of separate timeframes (day trading, swing
trading, long term trading.)
- A large number of trading strategies and systems are also available online.
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spectrum of short term and longer term strategies in a singular service.
- And online trading platforms have become very sophisticated, offering complicated
analysis tools and even the ability to form and back test trading strategies.

So, what straightforward steps can you take to profit while rising markets And market
corrections?

- Long Term trading: Allocate a quantum of your trading funds to long term
investments (over many months). Make your returns from the farranging market trends
- remember to take those gains periodically so that you're not caught by a
sudden downturn. And look to consist of some of those Inverse Indices in your
portfolio. They can act as a huge hedge against market corrections.

- Medium Term trading: Allocate a quantum of your trading funds to Swing
Trading. In this way you capitalize on the medium term trends in the markets or
individual stocks. Approximately all financial instruments go straight through these medium
term swings as traders are constantly trying to decide the right longer term
price straight through withhold and resistance levels. And by taking both Long and Short
trades on these swings you stand to profit in both directions!

- Short Term trading: Allocate a quantum of your trading funds to Day Trading.
This allows you to wholly take the longer term market factors out of the
equation. By trading within a singular day, it verily doesn't matter that there
was a long term correction. You profit anyway. With the right strategy, you
would verily identify the occasion to go short presented on the day(s) when
there is a market correction. And by selling short you stand to make huge
gains that day!

- Ask your broker how to set up an catalogue that allows you do trade in this way.
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No, Kitty! China's Movement to Not Share the Pie

For as long as the West has known about China they've used one method after another of to exploit it. From as long as they knew China existed the West has dooped, schemed, and plundered China and its population trying to gain natural resources and cheap labor. From the abuse of Chinese immigrant workers building the transcontinental compel in America, up to modern years exploiting China's cheap labor force in just about every industry you can think of, the west has looked for ways to operate the easy. China has come to realize that and is ultimately putting their foot down.

I don't want to say that all of China's decisions are right. To be honest, I don't watch a lot of the news and don't know a lot about history, but I do live in China and I do hear a lot about what China thinks about The West. They're ultimately starting to fight back. In modern years America has increased the whole laws and requirements for Chinese to tour and work in America, development it difficult for Chinese who can accumulate a passport to get visas for America. China has responded an "eye for an eye" policy. When I went to apply for my working visa in China I was at first told it the application would cost only 40 Rmb which is about seven Us dollars. Then they found out I wasn't Canadian, and proudly told me that American applications would cost over 2000 Rmb. The reason? "America makes it hard for us Chinese to live there, so we do the same to Americans"

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Concerning environmental issues, China is working in the right direction. Lots of clubs are advertising "green energy" (though not nearly as much as America and Europe), signs are put up nearby cities with logos like "Be a cultured citizen, keep our cities clean". Though these efforts are commonly only heard by population with money and status, at least the first step has been taken. However, when western governments step in and say things like, "You can only..." or, "You right on cannot..." China's government kind of shrugs its shoulders and says, "Oh yeah, watch me." The most important issue at hand now isn't how green their trees are; it's respect. To a developing country as large and with as much inherent power as China, respect is very important. Everyone wants to get piece of the Chinese pie and China's ultimately raised its hand in defiance and said, "No kitty, it's my chicken pot-pie!"

Like scratching a mosquito bite until the skin breaks, China has come to be raw from The West telling them how to do take care of their business. It's easy to blame our governments for lacking morals and tact when it comes to dealing with China, but this attitude is also seen in the population arrival to tour and work in China. I used to live in a dorm with 12 other English teachers. The normal attitude of the residents towards China and Chinese culture was not very positive. The instruction is too strict, environment too dirty, bars too loud, men too short, girls too shy, music too corny, and the list goes on. Very few population learned Chinese past basic conversation, and even few took benefit of all the free resources ready on the internet about culture and history. They came, they criticized, and went home having "done China". It was just a trip to tell friends about back at home and a box to tick - "The East - Check - Done" This shallow insight of the inner working and mental of the Chinese has settled disagreement in the middle of "us" and "them". As of now, China as a developing country still depends on the west for positive things, so they play the politics game and sometimes pretend to not understand the rules. If in years to come they decide they don't need us, the gloves will come off and they'll start playing their own game either we want to partake or not.

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More Ways to Get Your Money - Valuation of Textiles and Apparel From China

In a differentiation endeavor and a true desire to forewarn and educate, I will try to not constantly reiterate and rant and rave about the same things all the conservative writers are ranting about. I am going to be reporting and commenting to you on items before and being thought about by Congress that you will probably not read about elsewhere. In my professional capacity, I have to keep up with current events that may effect my industry. I stumbled upon this wee tidbit last week, from a publication called Broker Power.

The undervaluation of China origin textiles and apparel is thought to be a huge problem, in part because the textile and apparel industry represents 21% of all importers, 5% of the value of all imports, and 42% of all duties collected.

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Thus, Customs and Border protection will be investigating whether or not the value of the products arrival into the country from China are fairly valued. Up until now, I would have been fine with this. Times have changed and I believe that the above move could be used solely for political gain and for gathering more money to the insatiable Federal Beast.

How it works is thus, each import into the Usa has a declared value. The Importer pays duty and taxes on the value of the stock plus the applicable duty rates. It is surely one of the only Constitutionally outlined and defined ways in which the Federal Government is allowed to tax you. It is also important for American firm to compete on level playing fields and not suffer through "unfair" trade practices that artificially make a competitors stock less expensive. Real cases like this would contain foreign government subsidies to industries, prison or slave labor, large clubs using predatory practices to run home industries out of business, but I digress.

The Government has wee leeway in raising duty rates for products because of global trade agreements and that type of thing sets off trade wars and all sorts of international concentration - so in general, they don't like to do it. Instead, they will take the valuation advent to accomplish the same goals.

This is how it works, if Customs determines that a t-shirt being imported is surely worth .00 instead of $.50 then the duty and tax due on the stock is increased greatly. The importer will then of course, contain the growth in cost to you - the buyer of the T-shirt.

The attractiveness of it for the Federal Government is that you will never know.

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China Clamps Down on Media, Again

China is not known for its dedication to human rights, there is no relaxation of expression, media are tightly controlled and censorship is a quarterly occurrence. It seems that at least once a year China has to clamp down on its media; the current clampdown centres on the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Liu Xiaobo, a "dissident" imprisoned for daring to challenge China's one-party political system.

As part of the media clampdown, Cnn and Bbc websites have been blocked, as has a Norwegian communal broadcaster. The Nobel committee's website has also been blocked. In a move that can generously be called petty, Cnn and Bbc television broadcasts have been interrupted only when stories about the Nobel Peace Prize and Liu Xiaobo are shown; when the stories end, quarterly viewing continues.

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Earlier this year China implemented someone else media clampdown, or rather it intensified its clampdown from 2009. Local and foreign journalists were threatened with and subjected to random acts of violence, detention and censorship. communal networking sites were complete and entrance to online news and websites was once again curtailed.

When Beijing was awarded the honour of hosting the Olympic Games in 2008, one of the conditions was a relaxation of media restrictions. And, for a while, China complied. But when riots erupted in Tibet it didn't take the Chinese government long to deny foreign and local journalists entrance to the country and blackout any stories that tried to sneak straight through to its communal by way of Tv, radio, newspaper and the internet.

In the past, it has even gone so far as to download phone numbers from foreign journalists' phones for the sole purpose of intimidating their Chinese sources.

One of the reasons China is so adept at clamping down on media is that it has a Propaganda Department, which is in itself scary. But it gets help from the Ministry of Culture and at least four other regulatory bodies to ensure that its citizens only see, read and hear stylish content. Their control extends to the internet, television and radio programmes, books, newspapers and even live performances.

All of which makes one grateful that one lives in a country where a media clampdown is still only proposed rather than legislated, even if that proposed legislation has been compared to the policies in China.

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China: The Next Bubble?

I believe I have seen somewhere recently abundance of evidence of Chinese labour cost pressures. One of the reasons given for relocation of firms back to the United Kingdom or the onward search for cheap labour in places like Vietnam.

Interestingly, I've been reading an record about Mark Hart, who has set up a China Fund take benefit of China's implosion. He is, we are told, worth listening to because he unbelievable the sub-prime emergency (and I would say: how hard was it to predict if you knew what was going on). To invest in his fund you will need m.

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His pitch:

-China has only used 65% of the cement that it has made over past 5 years.
-In excess steel alone it has more sitting colse to than the whole of the Eu and Japan's entire yield for the year.
-In asset there are 3.3bn sq metres of office space doing nothing.
-Rents in key cities are nearly twice as high-priced as they were in the Usa before the sub-prime crash, which points to a housing bubble.
- He thinks China carrying more debt than it is letting on.
-And jokes....who will bail out China, Duncan Bannatyne?

The writer agrees and points out that profits in China are easy now because they come on the backs of exploited workers but increase based on giant, jazzed-up Labour camps is not, he argues, sustainable.

The closing is that once clubs start spreading the wealth, which they will have to one day, China will fall foul of rising wages, unions and inefficient Western practices like laborer rights!

And the Chinese bubble will burst. In any case if and when we get someone else vicious downturn I'll just enter Ftse100/Ftse 250 shorts via spread bets as they pop up on my filters. I'm approximately finding forward to it. I currently have 5 Ftse100 shorts, which were doing well and now they're not. No matter, the limits and stops are being run by Ig Index and other than raising my stops if the shop looks like it's going to go up to the 6100 area (top of channel), I'll leave them to do their thing.

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China Factories - How To Find The Right One

I have been identifying and evaluating factories in China for Us brands and retailers for over 9 years. In that time I can truly say I have seen the best and the worst of what manufacturing in China has to offer. Here are some surefire steps to ensuring that you only work with a factory that can meet your requirements:
Get references and check them out - While this may seem easy enough, following this rule will help you eliminate about 90% of the possible trading partners you may find on sites like Global Sources. Ask the person whom you are emailing with to furnish you references of others in the Us or Europe that they have done business with directly, who you can feel for a reference. It is understandable if the supplier replies that they can not tell you all of their clients' names or brands they are making, but they should right on be able to furnish at least one or two references. When you check them out, set up a phone call instead of just a casual email. You will learn very swiftly who you are dealing with. If the supplier cannot furnish you with one genuine reference...run away and do not look back. Send in a 3rd party to perform China supplier Verification - These days there are a whole list of pro firms in China who can furnish you a detailed article by sending person first hand to visit your possible supplier. You can ordinarily get this done for less than 0 and let me tell you...it could end up rescue you a fortune! Request goods documentation - Ask your supplier if they can furnish you some documents linked to their capability control, or goods security standards, and see what they come back with. You may ask for things such as a "quality control checklist" for the goods in question, or for "lab testing documentation" showing that the materials being used in the goods are safe and legal for your shop of sale. If the supplier avoids this request, or has no clue what you are talking about, do not go any further. A pro factory or trading business will be very customary and responsive to such requests Go with your gut - You do not need to be an expert in buying from China to know when you have a "bad feeling" about something. Feel strange that the supplier is request you to make money transfers via a third party? Is the name on their bank catalogue different from the business or feel person s name with no good explanation? Does the supplier seem to avoid your easy and direct questions? All of these are signs of a bad partner. Do not rationalize determined lapse in professionalism because you feel you are "locked-in" to one supplier. In China, if there is one factory making, there is ordinarily ten other factories right down the road production the same thing. Note the capability - When you receive a sample or send person in to check the goods, what is your notion of the goods quality? Does the item seem "just not right", flimsy, cheap or have some other function? If a supplier is willing to send out a sample that has capability issues then you will right on not get what you are expecting when you place an order. Never accept the excuse that "Oh, the sample is just like this but the mass output will be better". That is the biggest joke in the book.

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Russia and China Begin Bilateral Trading In Their Own Currency - Should We Worry?

Today, we're talking about a up-to-date occurrence of the Chinese and the Russians just last week, choosing to discontinue trading in U.S. Dollars, and rather let their own currencies be the base for trade. What does this mean to the mean American and what should we do about it, if anything?

At the heart of this issue is the growing lack of reliance in the U.S. Dollar by the international community. As paper currency from any nation is effectively a reliance game, nations are seeing the growing U.S. Debt and the unwillingness by our politicians to do anything about it as a sign of underlying feebleness in our currency. But what does this translate into for you and me? Should we be categorically involved or just mildly concerned?

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As currencies devalue relative to other currencies, that is they come to be economy because the perceived value is less, the price of goods and services changes. For example, if the Chinese Yuan is trading at $.15 equivalence like it is today, and let's say it goes to $.30, or doubles because habitancy begin to have more faith in the Chinese government's ability to pay its bills than they do in the U.S. Government. Well, naturally stated, goods imported from China will be twice as expensive, and goods exported to China will be half as expensive. So in some respects, a "weak dollar" does benefit obvious segments of the economy, specifically exporters. But, for those of us who aren't in the exporting segments, we naturally pay an inflated price for everything.

Today, the U.S. Dollar is still, as it has been since the end of World War Ii the basic trading currency of the world. That is that most global transactions are priced and located in dollars. The concern here is that as the U.S. Dollar is reduced in its confidence, as it shown to be by this Russian and Chinese decision, we run the risk of supplementary slowing down the U.S. Economy. Let's look at oil. Today, it trades colse to Us dollars to the barrel. If the U.S. Dollar depreciates against other currencies, the price oil will go up, and possibly by a lot. If you think .00 per gallon gasoline is expensive, wait and see what happens if it's priced in some new currency rather than the dollar.

So the lowest line of this news is this. Today, there's probably no real concern about this happening as it relates to you and me. But, it should be a "shot over the bow" for us as we watch over our elected leaders who so cavalierly are borrowing on our nations Visa card. Leon Panetta, Director of Central brain categorically said recently that our national deficits and debts are in fact a cause for national safety concern. This is where it's serious. The U.S. Imports vast amounts of manufactured goods. If our dollar depreciates against world currencies and loses faith, those products will come to be quite expensive and we as a nation will see a greatly reduced thorough of living. So all we can categorically do is hope that Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal preserve is categorically smart sufficient to navigate these treacherous waters and isn't destroying the value of the dollar with his "quantitative easing" or put English, printing money to pay our debts. And further, we can only hope that our elected officials have the backbone and fortitude to take the political heat and truly sacrifice our spending. That means sacrifice it, over the board. Less Defense, Less social Security, Less Medicare, Less Entitlements of all kinds, and yes, likely changed tax code that will affect some positively, and some negatively. But we don't take these steps, the thorough of living that we've known, will go by the wayside much like the horse and buggy - unless we're back to using those!

Russia and China Begin Bilateral Trading In Their Own Currency - Should We Worry?

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Usa - China - A G2 For climate and Economy?

China appears to view global warming as an economic issue, Obama's administration is primarily focused on the current economic urgency as well, but climate turn is also a serious urgency and a threat to the world's economic law itself with all its present and unbelievable impacts. Don't these global problems wish an integrated economic and environmental strategy? The hypothesized summit in the middle of Barack Obama and the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, could be an important step to accelerate urgent actions needed both to face the global economic downturn and to build a solid climate pact.

China, in its last 5-year plan, sets targets to cut national vigor intensity (energy used per unit of Gdp) by 20% in the middle of 2006 and the end of 2010. According to Deborah Seligsohn, China program Director on Climate, vigor and Pollution of the World Resources Institute, this target seems to be realizable given their newest noteworthy record (-1.8% in 2006, -3.7% in 2007, and -4.2% in 2008.) Last month Hillary Clinton met experts from the Asia community and the Pew Centre for climate turn that together wrote a record that could help the creation of this Us-Chinese partnership on climate change. But the good examples from China, although not directly referred to Co2 emissions, and Obama's ambitious plan on vigor and climate will need decisions from other 13 countries (or federations such as the Eu), along with Russia, India, Japan to get 80% of world's emissions "under control". Nowadays the other 173 countries inventory for about 20% of total Co2 emissions, but people growth and old amelioration patterns could dangerously growth their "pollution share" in the future: every nation will be then required to cut the Co2, but large number of money are needed to do so. Where will our leaders take Dollars, Yuan or Euros these days?

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Next steps: -264 days to Cop15:
Two events along the path to Copenhagen will take place in Bonn from March 29th to April 8th: the 7th session of the Awg-Kp (Ad Hoc Working Group on additional Commitments for Annex 1Parties under the Kyoto Protocol) and 5th session of the Awg-Lca (Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative action under the Convention). As we can read on the Unfccc website "this is the first of three planned negotiating sessions before Cop 15 in December" and can hopefully prepare a good ground for delegations and political leaders to decide upon.

Written by Luca Marazzi on behalf of Responding to climate Change.

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Chairman Who? No It's Hu - Chairman Hu From China - Hu is On Second Base - What's On Third

The Us is on first base, China is on second, Japan on third, while Germany seems to be crossing home plate. India would like to get up to bat, it's been warming up in the batting pit for far too long. Okay let's talk about a few dinky details when it comes to the geo-politics of the G-20 Pr media game shall we?

There was an inviting article in "Terra Daily - News About the Planet" which was titled; "Don't Ask Too Much of Emerging Economies, Says China's Hu" written by the Staff in Yokohama, Japan on November 13, 2010. He was of policy speaking on the pressure of currency, trade, climate change, pollution, and hinted at human proprietary issues.

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But clearly China is no longer just an emerging cheaper - it is the second biggest cheaper in the world now, so it needs to come into its new role - in other words, it's time for China to grow up. The time for hiding behind a banner of "emerging nation" well, those days are long gone, perhaps even a decade or more ago, yet, China still tries to play that face card - I doubt anyone is so moved.

Yes, China has a long way to go to match the Us middle class inspecting it has 1.3 Billion citizens, perhaps more but Hu is counting - recently the six day census just ended. A nation which has the second largest cheaper in the world maybe emerging into to its future power but if it is doing so at the charge of the rest of all the world's economies, then it needs to do so properly.

China has not attempted to originate a Western Style Win-Win situation in trade deals, when it uses the Western principles of trade, banking, economics, markets, and so forth. It is being extremely disruptive, and it will do China no good being on second, if the world's economies find the game is called due to rain. And right now it's China who is raining on everyone's parade. Perhaps, China needs to ditch the "emerging nation" motif and join the adults at the International Table. Please consider all this.

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An Encouraging Week For Investors!

After a strong rally in September and October, the stock store topped out short-term four weeks ago, with the Dow then declining 4% in just seven days.

In the process it broke below key short-term support levels that store technicians watch, and entered a very narrow sideways trading range, locked between 11,000 on the downside and 11,200 on the upside that it couldn't seem to break out of in either direction.

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Then came this dizzying week.

Early in the week it looked like the store might be breaking out of the range to the downside. The Dow dropped below 11,000 by as much as 70 points in intraday trading on both Monday and Tuesday. Both days it recovered before the store closed, but to levels just fractionally above 11,000, leaving traders still worried.

A break out of the range to the downside would be seen as a negative development, and that possibility seemed justified given the dire reports from Europe indicating a domino effect is potentially underway in its debt crisis, and reports from China of more moves by the Chinese government to significantly slow its globally important economy (in an exertion to prevent asset bubbles and ward off inflation).

However, on Wednesday the store instead reversed and surged to the upside, the Dow gaining 249 points, its biggest one day gain since September 1. On Thursday it surged up again, the Dow gaining another 106 points, breaking it clearly out of the old narrow trading range to the upside, just two days after it had appeared to be breaking out to the downside.

The dramatic move to the upside also seemed justified, since the bad news from Europe and China had dropped out of the headlines, replaced by very safe bet U.S. Economic reports, including gains in consumer confidence, manufacturing operation reports, sell sales, auto sales, pending home sales, and so on.

But the week's drama was still not over.

The improving economic reports of the last consolidate of months had economists convinced that the big narrative of the week, the Labor Department's employment narrative for November, would show that 155,000 new jobs were created in November.

When the much imaginable narrative was released Friday morning it was a huge disappointment, showing that only 39,000 jobs were created in November. The economy needs roughly 150,000 new jobs a month just to keep up with the growing population, as more young population join the workforce.

Perhaps a bigger surprise and dissatisfaction was that the already high unemployment rate ticked up to 9.8% from the old 9.6%.

The narrative threw a curve at economists.

The dismal employment situation, and what to do about it, has been the main focus of economic and political debates, particularly since the summer's temporary scare that the economy might be slipping back into recession. One of the most common statements in those debates has been that the economy cannot recover until more jobs are created. And on the outside that seems to make sense.

Yet history shows that employment is a lagging indicator, one of the last areas to begin improving in an economic recovery. And that makes more sense. Employers do not begin hiring additional workers until well after the economy has recovered adequate that they can no longer cope improving firm by simply increasing the hours of their current employees and hiring temporary workers.

So the dismal employment narrative should not overshadow the string of very safe bet economic reports of the last consolidate of months; gains in consumer confidence, manufacturing activity, sell sales, auto sales, pending home sales, and so on. They are the important indicators that must enhance for quite some time before employment ultimately begins to turn the corner.

Not that all things is fabulous in those important areas. Investing is never worry-free.

The main important indicators in both directions, into recessions and back out, are roughly always housing and autos. That makes sense since they are the two largest purchases consumers make, regularly with most of the buy price financed, significantly multiplying the economic effect of the cash down payment, while increased home construction and auto output results in principal new firm for the long stream of suppliers to those industries.

Only one of those economic engines, auto sales, seems to be functioning well so far, with the housing manufactures still mired in the mud. Nor have the market's worries earlier in the week with regard to Europe's debt accident and the intention of China to slow its economy, gone away.

So still plentifulness of inherent bumps in the road.

But an encouraging and dramatic two-day upside reversal from the downside break that threatened the first two days of the week.

An Encouraging Week For Investors!

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Hong Kong Clothing business

Overview

Textile quotas were eliminated among Wto members at the first day of 2005 in accordance with the bargain on Textiles and Clothing (Atc). However, resistance to quota dismissal spread in the Us and Eu. Subsequently, China reached agreements with the Eu and the Us in June and November 2005 respectively. The China-Us agreement, efficient from January 2006, governs the exports of a total of 21 groups interesting 34 categories of Chinese textiles and clothing products to the Us during 2006-2008. The China-Eu agreement, efficient from June 2005, covers 10 categories of Chinese textiles and clothing exports to the Eu during 2005-2007.

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On the other hand, the mainland and Hong Kong agreed in October 2005 to additional liberalise the mainland market for Hong Kong companies under the third phase of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa Iii). Along with other products of Hong Kong origin, the mainland agreed to give all products of Hong Kong origin, together with clothing items, tariff-free medicine starting from 1 January 2006. According to the stipulated procedures, products which have no existing Cepa rules of origin, will enjoy tariff-free medicine upon applications by local manufacturers and upon the Cepa rule of origins being agreed and met.

Hong Kong clothing companies are reputable for Odm and Oem production. They are able to deliver quality clothing articles in short lead time, as foreign importers and retailers request clothing suppliers to tighten up provide chain supervision to ensure the ordered merchandise reaching the store floor at the right time. Increasingly, Hong Kong clothing companies, the established ones in particular, have shown enthusiasm for brand promotion.

Hong Kong's total exports of clothing rose year-on-year by 9% in the first 11 months of 2005. While Hong Kong's re-exports of clothing rose by 20%, domestic exports fell by 14%. In the first 11 months of 2005, Hong Kong's clothing exports to the Us and Eu rose by 11% and 18% respectively. While Hong Kong's clothing exports to Japan levelled off, those to the Chinese mainland declined by 11%.

Industry Features

The clothing commerce is a major manufacturing sector of Hong Kong. Its gross yield is one of the highest among all manufacturing sectors, amounting to Hk.9 billion in 2003. It is the largest manufacturing owner in Hong Kong, with 1,673 establishments hiring 28,752 workers as of June 2005. It is also the prominent earner in terms of domestic exports, taking up 40% of the total in the first 11 months of 2005.

Hong Kong's geographic boundary has never constrained the development of the forward-looking clothing industry. The majority of clothing manufacturers have set up offshore yield facilities in an endeavor to cut execution costs. Relocation of yield facilities offshore has however resulted in a steady decline in the number of clothing manufacturers in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is not only a prominent yield centre but also a hub for clothing sourcing globally. companies doing garment trade in Hong Kong are experienced in fabrics procurement, sales and marketing, quality control, logistic arrangements, clothing designs and international and national rules and regulations. The professionalism that they command and the combined services offered are not assuredly matched elsewhere. With a total of 15,190 establishments hiring 95,889 workers, they form the largest group complex in import-export trade in Hong Kong.

Performance of Hong Kong's Exports of Clothing

Hong Kong's total exports of clothing rose year-on-year by 9% in the first 11 months of 2005. While Hong Kong's re-exports of clothing rose by 20%, domestic exports fell by 14%. The contrasting execution of Hong Kong's re-exports and domestic exports was basically ascribed to the expanding relocation of garment manufacturing to the Chinese mainland, resulting from the dismissal of quotas under Wto's bargain on Textiles and Clothing (Atc). But the declining trend of domestic exports has been reversed somewhat in modern months, due to the re-imposition of quantitative restraints on mainland-made textiles and clothing by the Us and Eu.

Retail sales in the Us held firm in the first 11 months of 2005, rising by nearly 6% from the same period in the former year. In the first 11 months of 2005, Hong Kong's clothing exports to the Us rose year-on-year by 11%.

In the first 11 months of 2005, Hong Kong's total clothing exports to the Eu surged year-on-year by 18%. Clothing exports to major Eu markets like France, Germany and Italy recorded growth rates in excess of 20%.

On the other hand, Hong Kong's clothing exports to Japan levelled off in the first 11 months of 2005 partly due to the trend of direct shipment. On the back of the rising earnings however, Japanese consumers tend to resume their spending spree on selected clothing items. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's clothing exports to the Chinese mainland dropped by 11% in the first 11 months of 2005, compared with the same period last year.

Product-wise, Hong Kong's exports of woven wear rose by 12% in the first 11 months of 2005. While woven wear for women/girls grew by 13%, those for men/boys recorded a growth of 8% from the same period in the former year. Knitted wear grew by 2%, with women/girls and men/boys rising by 1% and 6% respectively. While clothing accessories declined by 3%, other apparel articles, for their part, increased by 13%.

Sales Channels

Hong Kong's clothing manufacturers have forged strong relationships with their customers. They are able to understand and cater for the preferences of very broad customer bases. Exporters also have good knowledge of international and national rules and regulations governing clothing exports, such as rules of origin, quota restrictions, tariff rates and documentation requirements. Cut, make and trim (Cmt) arrangements are base although many Hong Kong manufacturers have moved to higher value-added activities such as produce and brand development, quality control, logistics and material sourcing.

A few well-established local manufacturers have entered into the retailing business, either locally or in overseas markets. Many of them have retail networks in major cities around the world together with Beijing, London, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo. Some customary manufacturing retailers comprise Baleno, Bossini, Crocodile, Episode, Esprit, G-2000, Giordano, Jeanswest, Moiselle and U-2.

As a global sourcing hub in Asia, Hong Kong attracts a number of international trading houses and major retailers. Buyers sourcing from Hong Kong comprise American and European agency market (e.g. Macy's, Jcpenney, Federated, Karstadt Quelle, C & A), discount market (e.g., Sears, Target and Carrefour), specialty chains (e.g., The Gap, The Limited) and mail order houses (e.g. Otto and Great Universal Stores). Many international selected designer labels -- such as Calvin Klein, Donna Karen, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Yves Saint Laurent -- source clothes in Hong Kong straight through their buying offices or other intermediaries.

Hong Kong's fashion designers have been gaining worldwide reputation for their pro expertise, sensitivity to current trends and quality to blend commercialism with innovation. Medium to high-priced fashion clothing bearing Hong Kong designer labels is being sold/have been sold in predominant agency
stores overseas such as Bloomingdale's, C & A, Harrod's, Isetan, Macy's, Marui, Mitsukoshi, Nieman Marcus and Seibu.

Trade fairs and exhibitions remain base places for buyers and suppliers of clothing to congregate. To produce connections and recognize market opportunities, Hong Kong manufacturers and traders have complex themselves actively in international shows led by the Hong Kong Trade development Council (Tdc), together with the ones in Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Hong Kong, Moscow, Mumbai, Paris and Tokyo. 'Hong Kong Fashion Week' is organised twice a year and attracts international suppliers and buyers to partake in the exhibition. Organised by Tdc, 'World Boutique, Hong Kong' is the first independent event in Hong Kong dedicated to promoting designers' collection and brands from around the world.

Industry Trends

Changes in retail landscape: In the Us and Eu, large-scale retailers are undergoing drastic restructuring and consolidation, in particular, the growing prominence of hypermarkets such as Wal-Mart. To expand competitiveness, Sears and Kmart have merged to form the third largest retail group in the Us.

Growing point of private labels: private labels, in essence, have become an increasingly efficient marketing tool among garment retailers. In order to differentiate as well as upgrade the image of their products, major retailers have started to put a stronger emphasis on their own labels. According to Cotton Incorporated, private labels accounted for 45% of total Us apparel sales in 2003, up from 39% in 2001. In some adult apparel categories, such as skirts, private labels accounted for as high as 76% of the total sales. It is also estimated that 45% of products sold in the Eu are sold under private labels. predominant retailers such as H&M, Marks & Spencer, Orsay, Palmers, Pimkie, Springfield and Kookai have owned their private labels. As consumers desire to have private labels on daily garments like jeans, accessories and T-shirts, the doors are also open to the provide of these clothing items to private label owners.

Growing interest in China's domestic market: The rapid expansion of mainland's economy has attracted great interest of Hong Kong clothing companies to recognize its clothing market. A Tdc recognize on mainland's garment shoppers indicates that Hong Kong brands are ranked number one by the respondents in the mid-range segment. While international brands are most preferred in the high-end segment, mainland brands dominate the low-end. In addition, the same recognize finds out that in the eyes of mainland consumers, Hong Kong companies are very strong in casual wear, as they are commonly of good produce and quality. In essence, many mainland consumers have developed a stronger awareness of Hong Kong brands straight through tour to and shopping in Hong Kong. Therefore, Hong Kong's casual wear has successfully projected a obvious image to mainland consumers.

Cepa

On 18 October 2005, the mainland and Hong Kong agreed to additional liberalise the mainland market for Hong Kong companies under the third phase of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa Iii). Along with other products of Hong Kong origin, the mainland agreed to give all products of Hong Kong origin, together with clothing items, tariff-free medicine starting from 1 January 2006. According to the stipulated procedures, products which have no existing Cepa rules of origin, will enjoy tariff-free medicine upon applications by local manufacturers and upon the Cepa rule of origins being agreed and met. But non-Hong Kong made clothing products will remain branch to tariff rates of 10-25% when entering the mainland.

The promulgated rules of origin for clothing items to advantage from Cepa's tariff preference are basically similar to the existing rules governing Hong Kong's exports of these products. commonly speaking, the valuable manufacturing process of cut-and-sewn garment is sewing of parts into garments. If linking and/or stitching is/are required, such process/processes must also be done in Hong Kong. For piece-knitted garment, if it is man-made from yarn, the valuable process is knitting of yarn into knit-to-shape panel.

If the piece-knitted garment is man-made from knit-to-shape-panels, the valuable process is linking of knit-to-shape panels into garment. If stitching is required, it must also be done in Hong Kong.

Trade Measures Affecting Exports of Clothing

According to the Atc, textile quotas were eliminated among Wto members at the first day of 2005. However, resistance to quota dismissal spread in the Us and Eu. Particularly in the Us, China-specific safeguards on 10 categories of clothing items from China were invoked. Against this background, China reached agreements with the Eu and the Us in June and November 2005 respectively.

The China-Us agreement, efficient from January 2006, governs the exports of a total of 21 groups interesting 34 categories of Chinese textiles and clothing products to the Us during 2006-2008. It allows an yearly growth of 10-15% in 2006, 12.5-16% in 2007 and 15-17% in 2008. The China-Eu agreement, efficient from June 2005, provides for an yearly growth of 8-12.5% in 10 categories of Chinese textiles and clothing exports to the Eu during 2005-2007. In addition, both Eu and Us agreed to rehearsal restraint in invoking China-specific safeguard against Chinese textiles and clothing that are not covered in the agreements.

Product Trends

Formal Dressing: While casual wear accounts for the bulk of clothing sales, a normal trend towards stricter corporate dress codes has led to a rising quiz, for formal dressing, particularly suits. According to a recognize by Cotton Incorporated in late 2004/early 2005, 38.5% of respondents believe that habitancy dressed too casually at work. This is a 6.5 ration point growth over the same year-ago.

Teenager: One of the major driving forces of clothing market appears to be the teenagers in the arrival years. The number of teenagers in the Us expects to growth from 31.6 million in 2001 to 34.1 million in 2010. A modern recognize by youthful study Unlimited found that teens are salvage money by value shopping. While Jcpenney is their favourite agency store, Target and Wal-mart are their favourite hypermarkets. In addition, Old Navy is their choices among specialty apparel stores.

Silver Market: Ageing habitancy becomes a base phenomenon in many developed countries in Europe as well as Japan and the Us. Elderly habitancy constitute a major market segment called 'silver market'. Supported by savings, social safety benefits and pensions, many elderly habitancy have rather strong spending power. It is estimated that the age group of 65 year and above accounted for about 21% of Japan's consumption expenditure in 2000. A recognize conducted by the Japanese government also shows that habitancy who are 60 years old and above possess approximately three times the financial assets of those in the 40-50 age group. In the Us, those aged at or above 65 amounted to 18.1 million in 2001, and the number is unbelievable to swell to 26 million in 2015.

Plus-size Market: The plus-size market has been an area of growth for many years, and the trend is unbelievable to continue in the arrival future. It is estimated that 65 million women in the Us wear size 14 or above. This group represents one-half of the Us female population. It is reported that some predominant brands have already responded to the trend by contribution merchandise of larger size; these companies comprise Liz Claiborne, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.

Easy-care Clothes: Clothes made of stain-resistant and wrinkle-free fabrics are well received in the market. It is estimated that about a quarter of apparel is now made of easy-care fabrics, and its popularity is unbelievable to continue in the next few years. While major apparel brands like Dockers and Liz Claiborne have already marketed extensively easy-care clothes, major hypermarkets, like Wal-Mart, also offer more merchandise of such quality.

Source: Hong Kong Trade development Council

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