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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
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What does this mean?? (difficult question)
"Also the Chinese State dealt with foreign direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the knowledge and transfer of technology to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the betterment of its domestic labor. On the other hand China was a market that could not be ignored due to its opportunities and growth potential."
http://www.asiacase.com/case/southAsia/essecAs-airbus.html
Also the Chinese State dealt with foreign direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the knowledge for the betterment of its domestic labor and transfer of technology to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the betterment of its domestic labor. On the other hand China was a market that could not be ignored due to its opportunities and growth potential.
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Also the Chinese State dealt with foreign direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the knowledge to go to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and transfer of technology to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the betterment of its domestic labor. On the other hand China was a market that could not be ignored due to its opportunities and growth potential.
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something else?
What does it mean exactly?
http://www.asiacase.com/case/southAsia/essecAs-airbus.html
Also the Chinese State dealt with foreign direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the knowledge for the betterment of its domestic labor and transfer of technology to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the betterment of its domestic labor. On the other hand China was a market that could not be ignored due to its opportunities and growth potential.
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Also the Chinese State dealt with foreign direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the knowledge to go to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and transfer of technology to its State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the betterment of its domestic labor. On the other hand China was a market that could not be ignored due to its opportunities and growth potential.
or
something else?
What does it mean exactly?
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The sentence appears faulty to me. Without "knowledge and" it would be OK. The words "knowledge and" convey a sense that knowledge, perhaps specifically knowledge of technology, perhaps specifically residing in its SOEs, is being maximised for the betterment of China's domestic labour force, but syntactically they do not actually fit.
- The sentence appears faulty to me.
- Without "knowledge and" it would be OK.
- The words "knowledge and" convey a sense that knowledge, perhaps specifically knowledge of technology, perhaps specifically residing in its SOEs, is being maximised for the betterment of China's domestic labour force, but syntactically they do not actually fit.
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The sentence appears faulty to me. Without "knowledge and" it would be OK. The words "knowledge and" convey a sense that knowledge, perhaps specifically knowledge of technology, perhaps specifically residing in its SOEs, is being maximised for the betterment of China's domestic labour force, but syntactically they do not actually fit.
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How about this?
...direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the transfer of knowledge and technology to its State Owned Enterprises...
...direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the transfer of knowledge and technology to its State Owned Enterprises...
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RayHHow about this?I don't know, I didn't write this... But I think they meant that the Chinese force foreign firms to train local workers (KNOWLEDGE) and force them to make parts of what they sell to China locally and force th
...direct investments (FDIs) to maximize the transfer of knowledge and technology to its State Owned Enterprises...
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