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INDEX

Tariffs, 30. See also Trade Taxation, 41, 61, 108,156, 203,206 annual tax returns, 178 TCL manufacturer, 130 Technology, 7,14, 20, 36, 38, 57, 68, 77, 78, 111, 134,169, 200 transferring technologies, 159 Tedjarati, Shame. 137-139, 141, 145, 192 Telecommunications, 12, 14, 17, 20, 25, 30,35,55,56, 60, 65, 83,114,118, 120,122,130,143,158, 191,212 Television, 53, 69, 83, 90, 95, 128,130 Tenzhong company, 210 Tetra Pak company, 118,141, 176, 192 Thogersen, Kirsten Hogh, 192,193, 192 Thomson Electronics, 130 Thornton, John, 155 3Com company, 57,67,127, 131, 202 3G products, 82 361 Degrees brand, 84 Tianjin, 10,154,172,181, 182,214 Tianyu company, 80, 82 Tibet, 9, 77, 98,199 Ting, Heather, 219 Tire industry, 162-163,175-176 T-Mobile company, 211 TNT China University, 187 Total-cycle time techniques, 86 Toyota, 10, 33, 82,129, 158,182 Trade, 6,9,13,18, 103,117,119,128, 129,218

China’s trade surplus, 40 unfair trade practices, 40 See also Tariffs Trade-offs, 157-159 Transportation, 14, 19, 119,122, 145,

169,177, 200. See also Aircraft; Airports; Expressways; Railways Trends, 197

Tsinghua University, 187-188

Unemployment, 13, 37, 201, 224 (n5) United States, 1, 3, 6,11, 23, 28, 29, 32,49, 70, 104,114,116,129,170,194,200

attempts to penetrate U.S. market, 57, 211

net profits of top five hundred companies in, 5 subprime mortgages in, 101 Treasury bonds held by China, 9, 117, 221 (n4)

See also China: relationship with United States

Universities, 114,115, 185-186 Unocal company, 67,127,130,202, 211 Urban centers, 9,16, 31, 53, 89,102,140, 177, 185, 199,206 urban consumption trends, 80 migration from rural areas to, 43,44 populations, 31,43, 44 (exhibit), 44-46

private sector employment in, 37 socioeconomic levels of city tiers, 46 (exhibit)

Vale company, 70

Value-chains, 10, 69, 79, 83, 119,129, 131-132,150, 151,152, 161,186, 214,218

combination of market and value chain in a single country, 121 competition among, 120 value-chain migration model, 21, 26, 73-76,123,141, 144, 146 weaker aspects of, 130 Values, 7, 23,102,187 (exhibit)

Vietnam, 123 Vigilance, 196,215-216 Vodafone company, 213 Volkswagen (VW), 33, 125, 158, 162, 212-213

Skoda subsidiary, 213 Volt automobile, 33

Wages, 93, 203, 206 Wahaha UniPresident, 32 Wal-Mart, 49, 145,161 Wang Chuanfu, 167-169,192, 216