China challenge

We could go on. The question of if is even more pressing because India and other Asian nations are rising to the China challenge. Hundreds of millions of people in China and all of Asia are dreaming of becoming middle class citizens and, even more important to them, assuring a slot in the middle market for their children. 

The China challenge is a cumulative affair comprising several formidable elements ... 

Based on the experience of those who have successfully implemented HACCP systems, this book will meet the needs of food processing businesses at all stages of HACCP system development. The collection is edited by two internationally recognised HACCP experts and includes chapters reflecting the experience of both major companies such as Cargill, Heinz and Sainsbury and the particular challenges facing SMEs. The scope of the book is truly international with experiences of HACCP implementation in countries such as Thailand, India, China and Poland. 

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Even though birth rates are dropping all over the world, thanks to increases in food security, affluence, and urbanization, the world s population will probably exceed 8 billion (up from today s 6.5 billion) by 2030 and might reach 9 billion by 2050.1 Rising incomes indicate that we ll provide high-quality diets (resource-costly meat, milk, and fruit) for perhaps 8 billion people in 2050, instead of for the one billion who can afford them today. There will even be a pet food challenge, with perhaps 500 million companion cats and dogs in an affluent, one-child China alone. 

Government aid will be the key if fuel cell vehicles ever become widespread. GM is pitching the idea of fuel cell cars to the Chinese government as a long-term solution to China s environmental challenges and needs for imported petroleum. Since China may soon lead the world in the construction of state-of-the-art nuclear power plants, it isn t a far leap to see that nation using nuclear power to create hydrogen on a massive scale. 

Asia, and China especially, needs a great deal of flexibility to respond to the challenges of working across cultures and meet the specific needs of the market. It is important to change from an opportunistic market approach to systematic and sustainable market penetration based on domestic manufacturing facilities. 

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