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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (3344)	7/12/2004 3:44:03 PM
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IT pros gear up for Chinese postings IANS[ MONDAY, JULY 12, 2004 02:30:45 AM ] SHANGHAI: Indian IT companies are increasingly setting up shop in China, lured by its infrastructural advantages, as Asia’s two most populous nations who have viewed each other as rivals in the past, see advantages in co-operation. Indian companies like Infosys feel that as the global customers become increasingly cost conscious, China could emerge as a serious challenger to India’s current predominance in this field. As far as infrastructure is concerned, China has more options, particularly because of the good linkages between rural and urban areas that will make the country more attractive to clients, according to KS Suryaprakash, head, delivery operations of Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Company, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Indian IT major. “As days go by, China’s cost will come down, whereas India’s will go up because of lack of infrastructure in the rural areas,” Mr Suryaprakash said. Noting that owing to the need for risk diversification and cost factors, the current is definitely in favour of China, he said, “We want to be part of it.” Other nations — Ireland, the Philippines and some of the East European nations — collectively known as the ‘Challenger Countries’ are also vying to be the top IT hub, but China is the only country which can offer cost scales comparable to India. Continued...1 \| 2 \| 3 \| Next >> economictimes.indiatimes.com