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Chugging Along.(opportunities in China for multinational corporations and trade)

Newsweek International

| June 23, 2003 | Wehrfritz, George; Seno, Alexandra A.; Sparks, John D.; Miller, Karen Lowry | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Don St. Pierre sr. can recall the first Western deals in revolutionary China, which is why his perspective on today is so striking. As manager of the first major U.S.-China joint venture, Beijing Jeep, he arrived in 1985 when most Chinese still wore Mao suits and commuted on black bicycles. Socialist ideals were paramount. Entrepreneurship was shunned. Home was a "Mickey Mouse room" at the Lido Hotel. When St. Pierre asked for research on the number of private car owners, the answer came back: two. Now it's 1 million and rising, and many automakers see China as the key to future growth in a slumping world economy. "All the things we were dreaming and scheming 20 years ago ...

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