East Asian Concerns

Chinese retain just over 5% of all profits made by Apple, same deal with most of the stuff you see in walmart and other American stores, so please don't bring that BS up again.

xywdx said:

Chinese retain just over 5% of all profits made by Apple, same deal with most of the stuff you see in walmart and other American stores, so please don't bring that BS up again.

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Tell that to the Chinese that are building GM, Volkswagen, Toyota, and other cars in factories all over China. Happily, the majority of the Chinese car buying public, those with the cash, are a lot like their American counter parts in that they don't let ridiculously petty nationalism enter into the way they choose to run their lives.

Arguments that put forth the false notion that Anti-Western-ism is main-stream in China fall flat on their face when we are confronted with the reality of attitudes and statistics of China's growing and extremely powerful middle class.

The Top 10 best-selling models in China in September 2011:

Model Sept Units


1. Buick Excelle 27,994

2. VW Lavida 23,852

3. Chevrolet Cruze 23,212

4. Chevrolet Sail 20,958

5. VW Bora 20,195

6. Honda CR-V 20,018

7. VW Jetta 19,819

8. Hyundai Elantra 18,800

9. VW Passat 18,043

10. Ford Focus 16,369


*source: The Truth About Cars.

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xywdx said:

Chinese retain just over 5% of all profits made by Apple, same deal with most of the stuff you see in walmart and other American stores, so please don't bring that BS up again.

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Some of that would have to do with the value of what is contributed.Improving skillsets should result in larger profits