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Why foreigners are beating China’s tea-makers on their home turf

By Tom Miller
China is rightly proud of being the home of tea, the world’s most popular drink. Celebratory cups of cha were sipped when China recently regained from India its historical position as the world’s pre-eminent tea producer and consumer …

[ More ] September 15th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Asia |

Fast and furious: China’s carmakers catching up quick

By Will Freeman and Tom Miller
For years, China’s domestic carmakers have languished in their foreign competitors’ slipstream. Strip out the legion of blue trucks and white minivans that crisscross the hinterland, and Volkswagen, GM, Toyota and Hon…

[ More ] September 8th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Asia |