Comments on: Famous Chinese Brands and other things you’ve never heard of

By: World Class China Brands. Now, Later, Or Never? | Manufacturer China

World Class China Brands. Now, Later, Or Never? | Manufacturer China — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:58:40 +0000

[...] David Dayton of Silk Road International blog started the discussion by laying down the gauntlet by proclaiming not now and not likely later either. He then he took the ball with him by posting on it over at his own blog in a post entitled, “Famous Chinese brands and other things you’ve never heard of.” [...]

By: hanmeng

hanmeng — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:50:19 +0000

The references to a “middle-class” show up an important point. “Middle-class” is a phrase that reporters and commentators resort to in order to describe a group of people with disposable income, but they’re fooling themselves when they use it to describe a group of Chinese consumers. Eventually there may be such a group, but by Chinese standards, they’re rich.