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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Editorial: The Coming Renaissance in U.S. Manufacturing. Washington Post
, May 10, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-coming-
renaissance-in-us-manufacturing/2011/05/10/AFRI53jG_story.html
Quote:
China is "surging from 3 percent of global factory output in 1990 to 19.8
percent in 2010, just ahead of the U.S. share, 19.4 percent.
"Manufacturers have hired just 250,000 workers [in US] since December 2009,
when manufacturing employment hit a postwar low of 11.5 million.
"A key implication is that the United States could soon be attracting
manufacturing investment away from Europe, too * * * In fact, Germany’s
Siemens recently announced a $170 million investment that will enable it to
build gas turbines more cheaply in Charlotte than in Shanghai.
My comment: China's manufacturing has come a long way. But watch your back,
China.
(2) Keith B. Richburg, The Chinese Can Be Tough Customers for American
Retailers. Washington Post, May 10, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/for-american
-retailers-chinese-can-be-tough-customers/2011/04/28/AF6VJegG_story.html
Quote:
Home Depot "has struggled to find a foothold for its American-inspired
concept of DIY, or 'do it yourself.' In China, labor is cheap, and the
notion of DIY is almost nonexistent for urban consumers who grew up with
someone else on hand to do everything for them.
"Chinese chains typically do not pay suppliers until after their products
have been sold off the shelves. Best Buy, by contrast, paid suppliers up
front, regardless of how the products sold.
(3) Fed Faces: Irene Chan. Washington Post, May 9, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/politics/fed-faces
-irene-chan/2011/05/09/AFbx5NbG_story.html
(4) Andrea Sachs, With Long Layovers, There’s No Time to Lose. Washington
Post, May 6, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/with-long-layove
-theres-no-time-to-lose/2011/04/29/AFqZNP8F_story.html
("Many countries waive the document for transit visitors; China isn’t one
of them, charging $140."
Note:
(a) flourish (vt): "to wield with dramatic gestures : BRANDISH"
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(b) Xu Xiang Zhai 叙香斋
www.xuxiangzhai.com
(c) loofah (n; New Latin luffa, from Arabic lūf; First Known Use: 1887) 丝
瓜
(5) Howard Schneider, China’s Small Businesses Fight for Financing as State
-Run Banks Favor Larger Firms.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/small
-firms-in-china-fight-for-financing/2011/04/25/AFeQbynF_story.html
My comment: This report does not say much. |
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