CEO's concern is earn more money for their bosses to get better performance, so they always concern about where to invest, and how to take low risk. the most risky thing today is terrism. but to my understanding, those CEOs are supporting those terrism in their own way.\nMost of the people think that China is a good market, so they bring their money to there, and then the money used in two ways: first, Chinese Communist Party use it for crack down people to rule the country in high pressure way, second, CCP use it to develop their own army force and support terrism, for they know that some time, they can use terrism to do some exchange with the western countries.\nPlease every CEO think carefully, before you suggest your boss to invest to China? do you want to involve in government's crimal to crack down innocent people or you want to support terrism to take more risk?\nif you don't, why you invest to China? and let you
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Is it too late to cash in on China's boom? An index that tracks the stocks of mainland companies listed in Hong Kong shot up 85% this year, leaving Chinese stocks looking more expensive than they have been in years. But the most celebrated of all foreign investors in China thinks the country's potential has barely been tapped. \n\nMark Mobius, a mutual-fund manager for U.S. investment company Franklin Templeton, became interested in the mainland 30 years ago, when the only way to invest was through deals at the Canton trade fair. Making a China play is simpler today. The Mobius-managed Templeton China World fund, which buys shares of companies operating in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, has risen 50% over the past year, and Mobius is counting on the good times continuing. "The economy is at a take-off stage, with 7-8% growth, and a rise in per capita income," he says. \n\nThe best way to play China is through so-called H shares, mainland companies listed in Hong Kong. They "offer their shareholders the best management and disclosure," Mobius says. Another favorite of overseas investors are "red chips"—Hong Kong-based companies in which mainland entities are significant shareholders. Focus first on firms dealing in commodities, which are essential raw materials for China's fast-growing industries. Mobius has invested in Sinopec (China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.), which makes petrochemicals and drills for oil and gas. He also recommends companies whose growth is being fueled by China's consumers, such as China Mobile, which has the world's largest mobile-phone subscriber base, and China Travel, a travel-service giant. \n\nMainland stocks might be riskier than other investments, in part because the Chinese government often has significant ownership positions in the country's listed companies. Should it sell down its holdings, share prices could tumble. Risk is one reason Todd Henry, an analyst with mutual-fund company T. Rowe Price, suggests taking the indirect route. Henry recommends investing in multinational companies that have fast-growing mainland operations or will otherwise benefit from the mainland boom. One example: Impala Platinum, a South African supplier of platinum, which will gain from mainlanders' growing desire for jewelry. Marc Faber, a Thailand-based investment strategist, thinks China's middle-class citizens will spend more time traveling in Asia. He suggests investors keep an eye out for shares of tourism-related companies in countries such as Thailand and Vietnam. \n\nProfiting from China without getting burned is currently an obsession with the international investment community. A recent report by investment bank Merrill Lynch suggests an ingenious solution. "Japan is becoming a China play," the report says, pointing out that Japanese investment and manufactured goods, once headed for the U.S. and Europe, are now going China's way. The report concludes, "Rather than try and play China directly, maybe we should start to focus on who in the West would benefit from less competition from Japan." While the boom lasts, it looks like all the world's a China play.
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so in reality, you're helping communist China's troops...\n\nI'd support the stickers/magnets if they actually went to helping the troops. They need body armor and someone's pockets are getting filled off of them.
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Americans aren't concerned about other Americans, or sending $$$$ overseas if they can save a buck.  That communist china is using the $$$$ to build their military, people don't care. \n\nWalmart is a good example.   Another is the way the corporations are outsourcing thousands of jobs to third world countries like Mexico, Philippines and India.
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B/c it's apart of International Politics. You must understand that there is no such thing as debt. Money is a substance regulated by people who also spend.\n\nI don't lose sleep at night.\n\nHere's a suggestion, let's stop giving other countried money and collect the debt owed to us, oh, and take out China - fincially.
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Hold it Paul, study some history, it was Ricard Nixon that opened up trade with the Chinese. In answer to this question, learn some Chinese as they will own this country without firing a shot. When they call in this debt we won't have the money to pay them so they will just take over the land.
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http://www.skepdic.com/falungong.html\n"It is difficult to understand why the Communist party in China fears Falun Gong. Their practices would relieve the demand for medical assistance, thereby saving the government millions of yuan. They encourage truthfulness, forbearance and compassion. Of course, members may not be very useful to society, since they are not materialistic and would prefer to spend their days meditating and exercising in the park, cultivating energies, rather than working in factories. Then again, communists don't like competition."
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When big business does not have so much say in our governmental and social issues.  No one has the will to stop the control Big Corp. has on this country.  Until that time, CEO's will continue to be paid $$$millions for cutting pensions and healthcare while there are no ethics or responsibility to the rest of America.\n\nWhat happened to a 9 - 5 day?  Now, we work 24/7 and get less than we did 1 decade ago.  Corporations have no responsibility - they take as much asthey can to improve their bottom line.
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Professional advice about how a company can save money is only going to be successful if all levels of management are encouraged to share responsible strategies.\nSteven Berger said most managers want more accountability.
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Laying off workers = saving tons of money on salary. If they can do the same jobs with fewer workers, all kudos to them. If they saved tons of money for shareholders, then CEO should be compensated appropriately.\n\nWhoever doesn't like should invest their own money and start a new company, and then hire like thousands of workers, and pay money for nothing.
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They imagine that our fate is tied to that of the rest of the world. It is probably very little money compared to the numbers flowing through. Security in the world means less problems that will come to us. As a world leader we must somewhat appease the envy and jealousy that many have for us even if it can be costly. Fighting diseases in other places is also in our interest to stop before it becomes an epidemic that affects us directly or stews and grows mutating into something far more deadly to us all.
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I feel irritated. I find it that today people prefer to be followers than leaders and it is embarrassing to see how such big conglomerates lose all perception of decency just to make money. It is obvious that Yahoo wishes to conquer the China market and for that purpose merged with the Chinese company called Alibaba.com. In that sense, they could not care less about the Chinese people since they are only concerned about being on the right side of the Chinese government. It is ALWAYS about money…. Just look at how Bush calls everyone a terrorist and yet he is ready give the United Arab Emirates control of numerous AMERICAN ports. \nIt is NEVER about the people or democracy or even safety…. it’s about who will receive a monetary benefit from it all.
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There are already some good answers, but no one has said anything about China.\n\nWe buy so much crap from China, but they buy NOTHING from us. We owe them alot of money, they practically own us.
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On the springboard of life, can't we invest our thoughts on a higher plane without the same stock answers. Can we not form a stronger bond without taking the plunge? I t doesn't take much to make the stock market nervous (notice how we refer to it as an organic entity?). I can remember analysts informing us that good news (better than forcasted) spooked the market. I can't recall the details, but the upshot was that the news, while being optimistic, could lead to inflation or deflation or recession, or who knows. Trying to read the tea leaves of the stock market will drive us all crazy.  Invest in companies, not stocks. Companies that have high growth yields. Anything else is like playing with Tarot cards.
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They would invest in a variety of markets, not just one, the risk would be hedged and spread among for example, Real Estate, Petroleum, Banking, Forestry, Bonds, Futures, this type of thing, the emerging markets that you mention are all thriving markets now, the volitility has more to do with inflation rather than interest rates. When a market is growing quickly as in the case of China which for 2007 forecasts almost double digit figures and Brazil forcasting 5% to 6% growth, the inflationary forces are what have to be controlled. Brazils elections were recently an eventful occaison but I did notice that the markets ( currency in particular) hardly flickered!  good sign of increased  stability really.
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Great!!\nGood criticism.\nI think that China has such powerful econimic policies that even the US firms have opened their offices in China.\nThey have such a cheap manpower that every company would like to work in China and probably this is the reason that even the US stickers are made in China.
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It is an excellent business idea and must be pursued. It is a win-win situation for all the parties involved.\n\n1. For Chinese government, they get free censorship which is professional and reliable.\n\n2. For Chinese people, the knowledge is coming home to the door step. The information will be censored but they will have access to more organized content.\n\n3. For Google, more customers. There are 111 million people who surf web in China, how would not go out of way to get some more revenue?\n\nI think excellent business idea Google has here !!!
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for communists, the chinese are damn good capitalists.\n\nBut to get to the point, China was a large military and the US doesn't think they need it.\n\nChina thinks it has the right to sell arms to whomever it pleases. The US disagrees (let's not forget that the US sells arms to damn near everyone)\n\nChina wants to be the Dominat nation in East Asia. The US disagrees because that would knock Japan of its pedestal.