Is china americanized?

now I don't wanna ****** about anything here at all. But I went to china last yr, and I couldn't find a single american business that you couldn't find in china these days.



to put it in perspective, mcdonald's has 21,572 locations in china, more than united states... Walgreen and CVS operate in only two countries: one is united states, and the other, you heard it right, china...



HESS and chervon are everywhere in china, makes you wonder how the hell did sinopec made 278 billion dollars last yr...



And don't get me start on fast food again, steak n shake outback red lobster KFC MCD sweet tomato old world's restaurant burger king (aka hungry jacks in australia) chuck-e-cheese panda express (american chinese food in china, dang !) chopsticks (another american chinese food in china ! dang !) china palace (yet another american chinese food in china ! dang dang !) subway eat fresh eh? and a million others... makes you wonder did the chinese stop eatting real chinese food in china now?



Now comes to banks, bank of america, JP morgan chase, wells fargo, CITI, Suntrust (it's not even omnipresent in united states, yet it is in china now), wachovia is dead in united states, but it still has branches in china !? The same applies to US banks and WAMU ... I'm sick to the stomach when I heard FCU is about to open a branch in china...



Now comes to transportation, UPS USPS FEDEX... needless to say more...



Ofcourse big guys like Alcoa Aramark Conocophillips Exxon Mobil GM GE Chrysler and Ford are all there...



90% of consumer products that the average chinese nowadays consume are simply american products, their made in china but are american brands...Is china americanized?
BEIJING (AP) 鈥?Chinese millionaire Su builds skyscrapers in Beijing and is one of the people powering China's economy on its path to becoming the world's biggest. Yet the property developer shares something surprising with many newly rich in China: he's looking forward to the day he can leave.

Su's reasons: to protect his assets, he has to watch what he says in China and wants a 2nd child, something against the law for many Chinese. The millionaire spoke to The AP on condition that only his surname was used because of fears of govt reprisals that could damage his business. China's richest are increasingly investing abroad to get a foreign passport, to make international business and travel easier but also to give them a way out of China. The US is the most popular destination for Chinese emigrants, with rich Chinese praising its education and healthcare systems. Last year 68,000 Chinese-born people became legal permanent residents of the U.S.,7%of the total and 2nd only to those born in Mexico. It is a bothersome trend for China's communist leaders who've pinned the legitimacy of 1-party rule on delivering rapid economic growth and a rising standard of living. Yet affluence alone seems a poor bargain to those with the means to live elsewhere. Despite more economic freedom, the communist govt has kept its tight grip on many other aspects of daily life. China's leaders punish, sometimes harshly, public dissent and any perceived challenges to their power, and censor what can be read online and in print. Authoritarian rule has proved ineffective in addressing long standing problems of pollution, contaminated food and a creaking health care system. "In China, nothing belongs to you. Like buying a house, it will belong to the country 70 years later," said Su, "But abroad, if you buy a house, it belongs to you forever," he said. "Both businessmen and govt officials are like this. They worry about the security of their assets." Leo Liu at Beijing emigration consultants said the company has noticed an increasing trend of rich Chinese wanting to emigrate in the 15 years since it was founded. Some want to leave because they got their money illegally, such as corrupt govt officials and businesspeople, while others are inspired by friends who have already emigrated to the U.S. "They want to get a green card even though they may still do business here in China," Liu said. There is also a yawning gap between rich and poor in China, which feeds a resentment that makes some of the wealthy uncomfortable. The country's uneven jump to capitalism over the last 3 decades has created dozens of billionaires, but China barely ranks in the top 100 on a World Bank list of countries by income per person. Getting a foreign passport is like "taking out an insurance policy," said Rupert Hoogewerf, who compiles the Hurun Rich List, China's version of the Forbes list. "If there is political unrest or suddenly things change in China, something could go wrong, they already have a passport to go overseas." Among the 20,000 Chinese with at least $15 million in individual investment assets, 27%have already emigrated and 47%are considering it, according to a report by China Merchants Bank and U.S. consultants Bain %26amp; Co. 60% of the people surveyed said worries over their children's education are a reason for wanting to leave. A millionaire who works in the coal industry, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said the main push behind his plans to emigrate is China's test-centric school system, often criticized for producing students who can pass exams but who lack skills for the world of work. Other top motivations cited in the Merchants Bank study are to protect assets and to prepare for retirement. Also cited as reasons for leaving: having more children and making it easier to develop an overseas business. Alongside increased emigration there has also been a massive outflow of private money from China despite its strict currency controls. The report estimates that rich Chinese have about $564 billion invested overseas. "The Chinese economy now looks like a massive funnel," said Zhong Dajun, director of the non-governmental Dajun Center for Economic Observation %26amp; Studies in Beijing. Zhong said it is mostly corrupt govt officials who transfer entire fortunes overseas because they have been illegally acquired and "they have fears and feel guilty." Under China's 1-child policy in place for the last 3 decades to control population growth, couples can be penalized for having more than 1 child. In Beijing, the penalty is a fee 3-10 times the city's average income, a max of $40,000. "The living conditions abroad are better, like residential conditions, food safety and education," said the millionaire as he dined in the VIP room of a Beijing restaurant. Lowering his voice, he said for many rich there are worries about the authoritarian govt. "This is a very sensitive topic. Everyone knows this. It's freer and more just abroad."
when people have more money, they will buy better quality better brands products. why use shi'tty brand sh'tty quality products when you can afford better ones?

and many of those ''American'' brands are actually world brands, they are not only owned by Americans, maybe founded in US at first.Is china americanized?
America is Chinaized... Everything we buy is made in China
On the surface yes, Superman. If American companies don't do business in China, how can the US ever repay what it owes China which is about US$1.15 Trillion (with a T) as of today. The US now owes different countries a total of more than US$4.4 Trillion, American companies need to sell their brands and products aggressively otherwise the country and its people will literally go broke.



I don't wanna **** about it but China is set to become the biggest economy in the world within the next decade, and this means more American companies would be knocking at the door of China begging for business.Is china americanized?
PEOPLE make the items that are sold in all the stores of the world..one way or another. PEOPLE also buy these same items that are made. Now if you can understand this...think about China with 1.4 billion PEOPLE. They either are making the majority of these items and/or buying the majority of these items. If they are not doing this on some item in the very near future they will be. The ONLY country able to compete with China will be India...these two countries have the largest population in the world today. Use math and it is easier to understand, 300 million people in the US and 1,400 million people in China. There are roughly 4.66 Chinese people for every 1 US citizen.