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81) The ________ region in China is the political and R&D center of China. The 75-mile
corridor in this region hosts some 5,000 Chinese high-tech companies, and more than 1,000
international IT companies.
A) The coastal Dalian city
B) The Pearl River Delta
C) The Yangtze River Delta
D) Beijing–Tianjin
E) Fujian
82) ________ is known as China's Silicon Valley.
A) Liaoning
B) Zhongguancun
C) Jilin
D) Guangzhou
E) Heilongjiang
83) ________ is China's third largest industrial city after Shanghai and Beijing, and the fastest
growing one.
A) Wuhan
B) Chengdu
C) Qingdao
D) Tianjin
E) Kaohsiung
84) What is true of Tianjin in China?
A) It is China's largest industrial city.
B) It is China's fastest growing industrial city.
C) It has the closest economic ties with Japan.
D) It is referred to as "Little Moscow."
E) It harbors the world's largest and most modern port facilities.
85) Half of Shanghai's GDP is derived from
A) financial services industries.
B) steel industries.
C) electronic products.
D) shipping sector.
E) software industries.
86) ________ has replaced Nanjing as Jiangsu province's number one economy and foreign trade
center.
A) Wuhan
B) Chengdu
C) Qingdao
D) Tianjin
E) Suzhou
87) The ________ region in China includes three cities of over 5 million inhabitants (Hong
Kong, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen); five cities with more than 1 million inhabitants (Zhuhai,
Huizhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, and Dongguan); and a number of cities that each contain
approximately half a million inhabitants, such as Macau.
A) Shanghai
B) Northeast China
C) Yangtze River Delta
D) The Greater Pearl River area
E) Taiwan
88) What city has an advantage of bordering Hong Kong, using it as a trade platform to expand
the global market?
A) Shanghai
B) Zhongshan
C) Taiwan
D) Beijing
E) Shenzhen
89) ________, a boomtown bordering Hong Kong and a fishing village just 20 years ago, has
replaced the provincial capital Guangzhou to lead the local economy.
A) Dongguan
B) Shenzhen
C) Huizhou
D) Foshan
E) Zhongshan
90) What is the primary reason behind the inaccessibility of most of the 1.3 billion potential
consumers in China?
A) Most of them have little disposable income.
B) The distribution network is poor or absent.
C) They are mostly Communist party members who avoid purchasing imported goods.
D) They are restricted to settlement zones where marketing is prohibited.
E) They are unfamiliar with the English language.
91) What stereotype of businesspeople in the Northeast of China persists, especially by their
southern neighbors?
A) loud and argumentative
B) cold and businesslike
C) aggressive
D) dishonest
E) forthright
92) What trait is most closely associated with negotiators from the Beijing area?
A) traditional thought pattern
B) lack of creativity
C) forthright
D) shrewd
E) aggressive
93) Shanghai negotiators are famous for their
A) shrewdness.
B) tendency to be closemouthed.
C) low spending habits.
D) lack of creativity.
E) imperialist perspective.
94) Negotiators from the ________ region in China have been the closest to foreign influences,
and are excellent traders and particularly interested in making short-term gains.
A) Taiwan
B) Yangtze River Delta
C) Beijing
D) Shanghai
E) Pearl River Delta
95) The negotiators in the Pearl River Delta are reputed to be
A) much more calculating than traders in Shanghai.
B) relatively honest and forthright.
C) very poor traders.
D) more interested in making long-term gains.
E) cut-off from foreign influences.
96) The __________ region of China is considered, by other Chinese, to be the most
conservative both in terms of behavior and language.
A) Hong Kong
B) Mainland China
C) Beijing
D) Shanghai
E) Taiwan
97) Which areas that come under "The Greater China"? What is the history of the relationship
between these areas?
98) Explain the two major events of 2000 that had a major impact on China's economy.
99) What is the "one country, two systems" approach of China? How did it come about?
100) What political factors were behind the Japanese crisis of 1990?
101) Given the rampant corruption in India, describe the attitude of investors toward India.
102) What are the countries referred to as the Asian Tigers, and why are they referred to this
way?
103) What are BOPMs? According to C. K. Prahalad, why have they been ignored by
international marketers?
104) Discuss the economic growth of the member nations of ASEAN, including the four major
events that led to their economic growth.
105) Analyze APEC's role in international trade.
106) Give a brief account of the four major regional economies of China.
107) How have multinational companies contributed toward the development of rural China?
