----- Original Message ----- From: <DoreneFC at aol.com>
> This would be the cue for someone to discuss features of the consumer
base in
> China, no?
>
> DoreneC
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http://www.umass.edu/peri/pdfs/WP45.pdf Braunstein, Elissa and Gerald Epstein, Bargaining Power and Foreign Direct Investment in China: Can 1.3 Billion Consumers Tame the Multinationals? 2002, Working Paper Number 45.