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• 04.09.08 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Passenger-car Sales in the Rise
  
  "China's passenger-car sales rose 20.41 percent for the first quarter from a year earlier, led by two ventures of Volkswagen AG, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said recently. Domestic car makers sold a combined 1.85 million passenger cars, including sedans, multi-purpose vehicles, sport utility vehicles and crossovers during January to March, compared with 1.53 million units for the same period of last year, the official auto association said..."  read on
  
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• 04.05.08 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: 15 million private cars on chinese roads
  
  "According to the China's National Bureau of Statistics report -- 2007 national economic and social development statistical communique -- China's total number of privately-owned vehicles increased 32.5% to 15.22 million. The communique points out that by the end of 2007, the total number of civilian vehicles reached 56.97 million (including 14.68 million three-wheel motor vehicles and low-speed vehicles): a growth of 14.3% over the previous year. Among them, 35.34 million are private cars: an increase of 20.8%. There are 19.58 million civilian cars, an increase of 26.7%, 15.22 million of which are private cars."  read on
  
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• 01.14.08 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Car Revolution in China
  
  "National Geographic Channel made a documentary about the car revolution in China. In the video introduction, it says that "Cars are racing into China supercharging its economy, and delivering dreams of a better life. But China's cars are clogging its highways and spewing out clouds of pollution. The rest of the world better watch out, because some Chinese automakers have plans to flood the world markets with cheaper Chinese cars be they made by GM or Chinas own Geely Automotive....""  read on
  
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• 12.28.07 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: the world’s third-biggest vehicle producer
  
  "China may produce more than 8.6 million vehicles this year as it narrows the gap with Japan and the United States, the world's top two auto makers, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. China's economic growth, averaging about 10 percent over the past five years, is raising demand for automobiles and has boosted production from about 100,000 vehicles a year in the 1980s to 7.28 million last year, making the country the world's third-biggest vehicle producer..."  read on
  
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• 11.15.07 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Part II
  
  "As the number of millionaires continues to grow in China, the country attracks more and more events targeted for the rich and famous: the annual Top Marques luxury fair returned to the Shanghai International Convention Center in Pudong yesterday with nearly 300 rare exhibits including roadsters, yachts, works of art and antiques. The four-day event is expected to attract more than 30,000 visitors, mostly customers invited by the exhibitors and senior staff from wealthy companies in banking, energy resources and IT, according to Sheng Lei, the general manager of the event organizer, Borrison Expo..."  read on
  
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• 09.01.07 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior
  
  "With the opening to new markets and the growth of the Chinese economy, a new social class has emerged -- to some extend, unthinkable in a Communist China: the millionaires. According to a survey from Cap Gemini/Merrill Lynch, the number of millionaires (in US Dollars) in China have reached more than 230,000. The large majority of these new riches choose Shanghai to invest their money and also spend their money..."  read on
  
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