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- <title>
- Mar. 08, 1993: Scaling China's Wall
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Mar. 08, 1993 The Search for the Tower Bomber
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 20
- Business
- Scaling China's Wall
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>AT&T joins the crowd invading Asia's biggest and fastest-growing
- market
- </p>
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- <p> The gold rush is on. But instead of going west, prospectors
- hoping to strike pay dirt are heading to the Far East. With
- an economy expanding 12% a year and an untapped market of 1
- billion consumers, China once again is becoming a dream destination
- for companies from a host of Western countries, including the
- U.S., Germany, France and Sweden. After being repelled by an
- unfavorable business climate in the wake of the Tiananmen crackdown,
- U.S. firms are now among the most enthusiastic newcomers to
- Chinese shores. Last Tuesday AT&T signed a tentative agreement
- with China's State Planning Commission to supply cellular telephones,
- central-office switching equipment and computer networks. As
- part of the deal, AT&T will also build several factories to
- make telecommuni cations products as well as help train China's
- phoneworkers.
- </p>
- <p> AT&T joins a Who's Who of U.S. companies entering or expanding
- in China. Among them are Motorola, McDonald's, Nike and Ford
- Motor. Coca-Cola greatly enhanced its Chinese presence by agreeing
- to build or upgrade 10 bottling plants in the interior of the
- country. And that's only a small start toward quenching a billion
- thirsts.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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