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Authors: Shaun Rein
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The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt the World (23 page)
Okura Garden Hotel
older generation, in China
Cultural Revolution, views on
marketing to
retirement age rules and
Omega watches
On China
(Kissinger)
one-child policy
aging population due to
female empowerment and
female infanticide and
as human rights issue
jobs and wages, rise in
male-female imbalance
sex-selective abortions and
societal views on
optimism, in China
about future opportunities
among Chinese women
of Chinese entrepreneurs
consumption patterns and
Cultural Revolution and
emphasis on in marketing
reasons for
of women
of young people
Oreo cookies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
outsourcing, American support for
Owens, William
Oxford University
P
Pakistan
Panamera sedan
Paris, France
patriotic pride, U.S.
Pavarotti, Luciano
payment habits, Chinese
PayPal
Pebble Beach
Peking Duck blog
Peking University
People’s Bank of China
People’s Republic of China, founding of
Pepsi
Perth, Australia
Pesek, William
Pettis, Michael
Pew Research Center
Philippines
piracy.
See
intellectual property
Pizza Hut
Playboy Club
Politburo Standing Committee
political movements.
See
protests
political system reforms, Chinese
pollution, in Africa
pollution, in China
from factories
food safety and
government efforts to curb
medical system and
population growth, in China
aging population and
density of people, effect of
educational improvement and
laws to control
U.S.
vs
.
pork exports
pornography, in China
Porsche
Ports Design
poverty, defined
price, competing on
China in 1990s
Chinese older generation and
product safety and
quality and
service
vs
.
success in
value
vs
.
Western companies, mistakes by
Procter & Gamble
product safety
in branding, emphasis on
importance of to Chinese consumer
scandals about
willingness to pay more for
See also
food scandals
Program for International Student Assessments
property taxes, in China
prostitution, in China
prostitution in China
central and local governments, role in
government morality campaign against
in late 1990s
vs
. today
societal toleration of
protests and uprisings
Arab Spring protests
land appropriation riots
London 2011 riots
Occupy Wall Street protests
Tianamen Square protests
Prudential Financial
Public Security Bureau, China
Pudong International Airport
Q
Qianlong (Emperor)
Qian Zhuangfei
Qing Dynasty
quality
vs
. price
Chinese brands, perception of cheapness
Chinese women on
product cost increases due to
quitting mentality
R
Ralph Lauren
Rawanda
real estate development, in China
affordable housing, lack of
connections, importance of
forced land appropriations and
government restrictions on
housing prices, increase of
land appropriations and
overbuilding in
ramshackle nature of
residential
vs
. commercial
retail space, shortage of
rising costs of
as safe investment
safety and quality problems
real estate market, in China
collapse of, fears about
health of
problems in
Red Guards
Reid, Harry
Rein, Tom
renminbi, appreciation of
American companies, negative impact on
Chinese factories, negative impact on
government manipulation of, claims on
support for
U.S. dollar, race with
renminbi-stimulus program
Renren
reputation, importance of
retail sales, growth of
retail space, shortage of
retirement, in China
Richemont
Rising Sun
(film)
Rockefeller Center
Romney, Mitt
Ron (graduate student)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roubini, Nouriel (Dr. Doom)
Ruan Lingyu
Rubin, Robert
Russia.
See
Soviet Union
Rwanda
S
safety.
See
food production/food supply; product safety
Said, Edward
Samsung
“Samurai Businessman” (Flippo)
SANY
Sanyo
SARS epidemic
Sata, Michael
Schell, Orville
Schumer, Charles
Science
magazine
scientists, in China
search engines
security spending
selling into China
vs
. exporting
September 11 attacks
service-based economy, shift to
service-
vs
. price-based branding
sex, rules on portrayals of
sex-selective abortions
Shaanxi Province
Shanghai, China
airport expansion in
factory relocation from
housing prices in
Okura Garden Hotel
shopping in
subway construction in
urban crowding in
Shanghai Academy of the Arts
Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Shanghai Stock Exchange
Shanghai World Financial Center
shanzai
Shenzhen, China
ShiMao Group
Shi Yuzhu
Sichuan earthquake
Sichuan Province
Siemens
Sina Weibo
skyscrapers, symbolic meaning of
Snoopy-branded clothing
social media, blocking
soft power, Chinese
advertising for image improvement
descriptions of
education system, improving and
foreign students in China and
SOHO China Ltd.
Sony
South America
Chinese investment in
manufacturing relocation to
South China Sea
South East Asia
Southern Barbarian
South Korea
Soviet Union
soybeans, demand for
Space, Zack
Spain
St. Paul’s School
stability
in Africa, lack of
China’s economic growth and
Chinese government, emphasis on
Chinese government security spending
gender equality and
housing, lack of
instability, China’s reaction to
renminbi appreciation and
Standard & Poor
Standing Committee of the Politburo
Starbucks
students, in China
academic research and exchange, need for funding
African students, China’s desire for
Chinese students, descriptions of
Chinese students on American way of life
exams and testing, emphasis on
extra training taken by
foreign students in
foreign students in, benefits for
international support for
Taiwanese support for
studying abroad
Chinese government support of
Chinese students, rise in
Chinese students’ desire for
subway construction
Subway sandwich shop
Sudan
sugar industry
Suning
Super Girl (TV show)
Suzhou, China
Suzuki, Akira
T
Tabor Academy
Taiwan
China, diplomatic problems with
foreign students in
vs
. China
Foxconn
Mandarin language programs in
Taobao
Target
tariffs
on Chinese imports by U.S.
on luxury goods
reduction of for free trade
technology companies
Tele2
Telenor
Tencent
Terex
test scores, emphasis on
ThinkPad
3Leaf Systems
Three Tenors concert
Tianamen Square protests
Tianjin, China
TIME
magazine
Times Square
Titanic
(film)
tourists, Chinese
catering and preparing for
rates of travel for
spending habits of
Toyota
traffic problems, in China
travel
Chinese restrictions on
Chinese tourists, rates of travel for
See also
studying abroad
Trudeau, Garry
Trump, Donald
trust, building consumer
Tunisia
Tushna (friend)
Tutsi people
Twitter
Chinese government blocking of
Sina Weibo
vs
.
typewriter industry
U
unemployment, U.S.
jobs returning to U.S., unlikelyhood of
stealing American jobs stereotype
UnionPay cards
United Kingdom
London
United Nations (UN)
United States
anti-American sentiments
anti-China rhetoric in
China as true rival to
Chinese investment in
debt downgrading of
fixed investments, spending on
Pakistan, relations with
population growth in
real estate speculation in
slums in
wiretapping in
United States government
Committee of Foreign Investment
Congress, bickering in
immigration policies of
universities.
See
education system, Chinese
uprisings.
See
protests and uprisings
up-selling
urbanization, in China
crowding in cities and
food supply, effect on
housing, need for
rising rates of
rural migration to cities and
U.S. Chamber of Congress (Shanghai)
U.S. dollar, decline in
factories based in China, effect on
renminbi, race with
U.S. Navy
V
value, brand-oriented shift to
Vanke
Versace Home
Vietnam
factory wages in
vs
. in China
immigration to China from
infrastructure in
vs
. China
manufacturing relocation to
as 1960s American “bogeyman”
South China Sea, struggle for
worker’s skills
vs
. China
violence
land evictions and
prostitution as cause of
VIP loyalty programs
China-based and foreign offices, integration of
importance and quality of in China
Vogel, Ezra
Volvo
W
Wadhwa, Vivek
wages, in China
minimum wage increases
rise of
Wall Street, regulation of
Walmart
affordable goods at, cheap Chinese labor and
Chinese brands in U.S. stores, lack of
food scandals in China
market share in China, loss of
Wang Dan
Wang Hongwen
Wang Lao Ji
Wang Zongnan
wealth creation, in China
consumption, increases in
descriptions of
housing development and
stability improvements and
Wen Jiabao
Wenzhou, China
Winnie (friend)
Wolfensohn, James
women, Chinese
confidence of
consumption habits, influence on
daughters, indulging of
descriptions of
educational opportunities for
female billionaires
female empowerment, one-child policy and
food, tastes in
on food and products safety
marketing to
modern views of
optimism among
payment habits of
on quality
vs
. price
quitting mentality of
stereotypical Western portrayals of
wages of, men
vs
. women
See also
gender equality, in China
workers, Chinese
competition for
factory work, rejection of
factory workers, descriptions of
recruiting and retaining, difficulty of
shift in mentality of
skilled workers, demand for
skilled worker shortages
skills and efficiency of
Vietnamese/Indonesian workers
vs
.
wages of, rise in
working condition improvements, demand for
working conditions, demand for improvement of
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Higher Congress
world markets, disruptions in
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Wu Bangguo
X
Xiamen, China
Xiao Nan Guo
Xi Jinping
Xinjiang, China
Xu, “Mr. Xu” (factory owner)
Y
Yahoo!
Yale University
Yao Ming
Yemen
Ye Shanghai
Ye Xiangzhen (Lingzi)
Ye Xuanping
Yili Dairy
yogurt
Yongzheng (Emperor)
young people, Chinese
Cultural Revolution, lack of memory of
educational preparedness, lack of
Internet blocking, views on
marketing to
optimism of
women, descriptions of
Yum! Brands
