• Although China has been successful in its initiatives
to slow population growth, it still has many people
living in poverty and in underprivileged circum-
stances.
• Growth in new business development has stressed the
infrastructure of energy resources, communication sys-
tems, and transportation.
• Political issues between China and Taiwan create ten-
sion between China and the United States.
• Many developing countries are offering competitive
business practices to lure business to their country and
away from China. India, Pakistan, and Vietnam have
taken bold steps to compete with China in luring in-
vestment in resources, plants, and fixed investments
from the west and the United States. For example,
India touts a more skilled, technically capable ...