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