Der Spiegel has been simply plundering all kinds of topics lately in its coverage of China which are worth noting. The global nuclear summit has the Hamburg magazine focused intently on the issue of proliferation and arms races, leading to excellent (and lengthy) articles by the Peking correspondent Andreas Lorenz about what China calls its “second line of artillery” and a pretty standard article “North Korea: For Atomic Tests, the Regime Has Money.”
I have no idea how American manufacturers are doing in China, but by Jove, Volkswagen is climbing ever higher in the Chinese automobile market. It is, moreover, a testament to the extent of the recovery of consumer demand in China that sales of VW cars are up in the PRC:
Volkswagen
verkaufte in China 53 Prozent mehr VWs und 77 Prozent mehr Audis als im ersten Quartal 2009. Marktneuling Skoda meldet sogar einen Anstieg um 121 Prozent. Nach dem ungewöhnlich erfolgreichen ersten Quartal zeigen sich die Wolfsburger zuversichtlich, dass der Automarkt in China in diesem Jahr stärker als bisher erwartet wachsen wird. Volkswagen will mindestens so schnell zulegen wie der Gesamtmarkt, der sich nach Schätzungen chinesischer Experten um 25 Prozent ausweiten soll.
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Compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, this year VW sold 53 percent more autos in China, and Audi sold 77 percent more autos….In the wake of this unimaginably rich first quarter, the Wolfsburgers (e.g., the leadership of VW, akin to the idiom “Detroit”) are now aware that the automobile market in China will be much stronger than previously anticipated. VW will, at the very least, exceed the cherished estimates of Chinese experts by 25%.
Because of these and other huge opportunities, perhaps we in the Anglophone West need a few more articles entitled “Keine Angst vor der neuen Supermacht [No Fear of the New Superpower].” Because China has a trade deficit. And, as the photo galleries argue, some serious industrial pollution and Wanderarbeiter (mobile population looking for work).
Most of all, I recommend this 9-photo gallery of people looking for work in Chinese cities. If you aren’t in Beijing and need a fix, or if you’re looking for work yourself, or if you (like me) just love big plastic bags that can carry all manner of God knows what, this is the gallery for you.
Adam Cathcart 
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