During an educational webcast about the future of Google's mobile business, CFO Patrick Pichette told viewers that he expected the company's Android platform to do well in China despite all the recent threats and ultimatums in the country.
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Some Western consumer-goods firms that are also-rans at home do surprisingly well in China.
Yet part of the problem for Japanese firms is that their business practices do not work well in China.
Costs will rise and life will become more difficult for U.S. companies trying to do business in China, as well as for U.S. producers and consumers who rely on imports from China.
For example, if you believe Chinese stocks are going to do well in 2013, you might include a China ETF on your growth list.
Why do you think -- and you all deal in ASEAN countries, as well as China -- why do you think that has happened, specifically with the ASEAN nations?
"I think most Chinese do feel that things are going pretty well in China, economically at least to date, " said Orville Schell, director of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations.
LVMH, Richemont and Swatch which are present in duty-free outlets and big cities worldwide and have established brands in China itself, should also do well.
Mr. Wen said government debt remained at a manageable level and that conservative budgeting in previous years means China is well positioned to do more if necessary.
Its passing, though, would deprive China of a lesson in indulgence that it might do well to learn.
Some do well, others do not, but they are relegated to the lowest status in China that of an abandoned child.
So a similar offering in China to be launched by premier search engine Baidu should do just as well, maybe even better, correct?
"If you're going to do well in solar, the growth markets are going to be the U.S. and China, not Germany, which has been extremely generous in subsidizing an industry that remains uncompetitive versus conventional energy, " said Waterman.
We'll have to invest right across the board in educational opportunity so that we do not fall behind China, or India, as well as falling behind the rest of Europe.
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