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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: U.S. destinations target affluent Chinese tourists

Hawaii, California and Las Vegas are among American tourist destinations vying fiercely for a vast and largely untapped new market segment: the Chinese tourist [...]
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: the top 10 fast-developing cities in 2009

The annual selection of China's top 10 fast-developing cities was held by the China International Urbanization Development Strategy Research Committee to illustrate the rate of China's urbanization [...]
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Education in China: 56% of student startups get low marks

More than half of government-subsidized student business companies were scored as "mediocre" or even "bad-performing" after years of operation, according to an report released recently at the Shanghai Entrepreneurship Week [...]
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Living in China: 50% of new expats leave China early

Almost half of new expatriates leave China early because they have difficulty adjusting to the lifestyle, a consultancy firm said. China Transition Institute (CTI) president David Israel-Rosen said most foreigners are unprepared for what life will be like when they arrive in China. "It is moving from the West to the East," he said. "It is not like moving from Chicago to Denver: if you look at the literature, between 30 percent and 50 percent of expats go home early. The failure rates are astonishing." [...]
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Advertising in China: Online Ad Spending Will Increase 36.7% in 2009

Online advertising growth in China will slow to 36.7% in 2009 from 105% a year earlier, according to a report by iResearch Consulting Group [...]
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