It help in negotiations to be the biggest customer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 06757.html
I imagine that if my dad's boss sneezes, The premier of China get's the flu.
If you want China To Do Something, Talk To Wal Mart
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/chin ... month.html
The Asian superpower is in the midst of such a vast property boom, with prices leaping 20pc a month in some regions, that developments are taking on fairy-tale dimensions.
Literally. The sight of a "real" alpine village rising from the grimy industrial suburbs of Huairou outside Beijing provokes an increasingly common reaction when discussing China's property market: "You've got to be kidding me, right?"
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.