Foreign companies will not readily hand over their technology or management skills to a Chinese partner.
Typically, the foreign firm brings technology and its Chinese partner provides access to the Chinese market.
His Tishman Speyer is building its second condo tower in downtown San Francisco with Chinese partner Vanke.
But GM's big Chinese partner SAIC Motor is on the list, as are many other largely state-owned enterprises.
Hopewell and its Chinese partner will be collecting tolls until 2026 and developing commercial sites along the route.
Dongfeng Motor Corp, the Chinese partner of Nissan, said sales of Nissan models decreased 34.6 percent from a year earlier.
O. of Miles Electric Vehicles, a small electric-car company in Santa Monica that was looking to expand, and he went searching for a Chinese partner.
But American Superconductor (AMSC)has been brought to its knees in recent weeks by its Chinese partner, Sinovel, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbines in China.
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New joint ventures are being established for fuel-efficient automobiles, including electric vehicles, on the condition that the Chinese partner owns 51% or more of the joint venture.
When I first came to China almost 20 years ago, a Chinese partner could not be expected to make its equity contribution in a joint venture in cash.
And there was the issue of this being an election year and doing this kind of high profile tax savings deal with a Chinese partner during such a time.
Establishing a wholly-owned company in China where a company has complete control of the decision-making process and does not have to deal with a Chinese partner can be very tempting.
But, a joint venture provides the foreign partner with the ability to leverage the management, manufacturing and marketing infrastructure of its Chinese partner, an advantage that should not be overlooked.
Besides financial risk, says Stephen Harner, an industry consultant in Shanghai, they fear for their reputation if their Chinese partner is caught playing foul in the markets (as so many Chinese securities firms do).
The document proposed that Chinese partner Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co. agree to the transfer of the extra cost from Hopewell's balance sheet to that of the project in the form of shareholder loans.
He traveled to China four years ago and discovered an indie rock scene in Wuhan, a grimy industrial city of more than 8 million people, where he now owns a club with a Chinese partner.
After tasting success in the Chinese auto market, General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp now plan to turn around the fortunes of its Indian unit, General Motors India, in which the Chinese auto maker has a 50% stake.
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As compared to a Sino-Foreign Joint Venture, a WFOE enables a company to implement its worldwide strategies without having to consider the wishes of a Chinese partner, and with only direct employees involved, a WFOE makes it easier for a company to protect its intellectual property and technology.
Even more galling: The manufacturer of the pirated version was partially owned by GM's Chinese business partner.
So among his mandates is to search out a joint venture with a Chinese securities partner that would allow BofA Merrill Lynch to underwrite IPOs in China.
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Content providers like Google have always needed to obtain local licences, and have thus been required to have a Chinese subsidiary or partner.
Burberry and has bought back full control of stores from a Chinese joint-venture partner.
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The other option for the U.S. is to partner with Chinese companies in the building of global corporations.
For two decades, China's central and provincial governments have used such policies to entice multinational car makers to partner with Chinese firms and manufacture locally.
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Closely held Ruba Group of Pakistan and Haier Group, its Chinese joint-venture partner in the plant, have made air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators there for seven years.
Groupe Danone ( DA - news - people ) agreed to sell its 51% interest in its joint ventures to its former partner, Chinese beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou's Hangzhou Wahaha, which finally ended all legal proceedings related to trademark and business disputes between the two parties.
But, in January, First Solar reluctantly agreed to partner with a Chinese power company on the project.
On 25 July 2011 the UNESCO space partner, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, opens an International Centre under the auspices of UNESCO1.
The other partner on the Chinese side is Shanghai Alliance Investment Co.
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