To: Ms.Penny who wrote (371 ) 5/27/1999 1:57:00 AM From: Dave Gore Respond to of 720
Companies invested in China: Proctor&Gamble, Microsoft, Coca Cola, GM, Boeing, Pepsi, McDonalds, Budweiser, Amway, United Technologies, 3M, etc. Nice links as well...thanks again, Eric. Nice, balanced post! RE-POST from someone who lived in China in response to MakeMoney's last visit to this thread To: +MakeMoney (131 ) From: +Eric Humphrey Sunday, May 9 1999 8:56PM ET Reply # of 392 From someone who has lived and worked in China for 2 1/2 years (1996-1998) and speaks fluent Chinese. While there are many human rights abuses by the Chinese Govt., the average Chinese citizen's quality of life and freedoms have increased radically since the country started opening up in 1978. Chinese people can now say what they want to say about the government(among themselves, not in a public forum). Just a few years ago they would have been afraid that their "friend" might tell a the government that they were a subversive and they would subsequently be arrested. People have more and more freedom of abode. In the recent past it was very difficult for Chinese to move from one city to another. Now it is relatively easy, and getting easier. The vast majority of the Chinese people's biggest beef with their government is not their lack of freedoms, but the rampant government corruption. Companies that do business and/or have large investments in China: Proctor and Gamble, Coca Cola, Pepsi, GM, McDonalds, Boeing, Budweiser, Amway, United Technologies, 3M, Microsoft, etc. This is only a small list of companies that I thought of off the top of my head. For people who want more news about China and Chinese Business and Internet please follow these links: cnd.org online.hkstandard.com chinesebusinessworld.com redfish.com deall.ohio-state.edu china-time.com