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• 07.06.08 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: India, China, and Brazil sees highest jump in millionaires
  
  "India, China, and Brazil saw bigger growth in the millionaire population last year than anywhere else, and wealth in the Asia-Pacific is expected to grow nearly 8 percent a year to 2012 despite a slowdown in the world at large, a survey showed. The number of millionaires in the Asia-Pacific grew 8.7 percent from a year ago to 2.8 million people and their combined wealth soared 12.5 percent to $9.5 trillion US dollars, excluding the value of their homes and consumables, Merrill Lynch and Capgemini said at a news conference in Singapore recently..."  read on
  
  posted in population, brazil, korea, india, living, china, socialism, consumer behavior, trends, wealth
• 05.31.08 Living in China: Religion “can promote harmony”
  
  "China's top political adviser pledged to use religion for promoting social harmony. "We should fully follow the policy on freedom of religious belief, implement the regulations on religious affairs, and conduct thorough research on important and difficult issues related to religion," said Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)..."  read on
  
  posted in living, population, beijing, china, culture, socialism
• 05.11.08 Investing in China: Most of world’s top companies invest in China
  
  "Almost 480 of the Fortune 500 companies have invested in China during the past 30 years, said Du Ying, deputy minister in charge of China's National Development and Reform Commission. From 1978 to 2007, China's total use of foreign investment exceeded 760 billion U.S. dollars, the largest amount among developing countries and the second largest worldwide, said Du at a national economic conference recently..."  read on
  
  posted in united states, finance, trade, china, socialism, trends, economics
• 01.28.08 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Second Largest Billionaire Population
  
  "The total number of billionaires in China has risen to second place in the world, just behind the US, Yangcheng Evening News reported recently: The 2007 top 500 Chinese magnates list was recently released in Hong Kong, the combined wealth of the 500 magnates exceeds 4,342.6 billion yuan (US$ 587 billion). The number of Chinese magnates with more than one billion dollars in assets has reached 146, compared to 85 last year..."  read on
  
  posted in real estate, macao, taiwan, market, living, hong kong, wealth, socialism, china, trade, economics
• 11.18.07 China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Part II
  
  "An energy structure with a low utilization rate, and an economic growth mode with serious, hazardous emissions have posed stark challenges for the sustained growth of Chinese economic society. Faced with such a grave situation in energy saving and emission reduction, more than 6,000 science, technology workers, as well as scientist-turned-entrepreneurs on met recently to discuss issues such as energy saving and environmental protection. Among them were more than 100 members from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the highest palaces for scientific research achievements and engineering progress..."  read on
  
  posted in innovation, energy, industry, architecture, china, trends, economics, socialism, natural resources, environment
• 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
  
  posted in ferrari, automobile, market, shanghai, china, socialism, consumer behavior, wealth
• 11.07.07 China Enacts National Competition Law
  
  "Culminating a 13-year drafting process, on August 30 the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress enacted China's first competition law, the Anti-Monopoly Law ( [Fan Longduan Fa] ). It prohibits discriminatory and anti-competitive practices by local administrative and public bodies against products, business operators and investors from other parts of China, and Fines for monopoly agreements and abuses of dominant position may range as high as one to ten percent of the wrongdoing company's total sales volume in the relevant market during the previous year..."  read on
  
  posted in macao, industry, taiwan, united states, market, hong kong, trade, wealth, socialism, china, intellectual property, economics
• 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
  
  posted in ferrari, shanghai, automobile, brazil, market, china, trends, wealth, e-commerce, socialism, consumer behavior, culture, economics
• 11.05.06 China: Technology, Innovation and the Environment
  
  "Since the beginning of its economical opening -- when the first 5-year plans were devised in 1979 -- China has being growing at an incredible speed, with its GNP numbers jumping from 44 billion dollars to 1.6 trillion dollars in just 20 years. Such growth has pushed the Chinese manufacturing industry into devouring huge amounts of natural resources in a alarming way: in 2004, China -- the 8th largest economy in GNP scale -- consumed 8% of all the oil, 31% of all the coal, 10% of all the electricity, 30% of all ore, 30% of all steel, 19% of all aluminum, 20% of all the copper and 40% of all cement produced in the world."  read on
  
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