Career Center: Top career trends
By Marty Nemko
Posted 1/19/06
7. China's economy will grow faster than expected. Business savvy is improving in China, and there's an enormous, motivated, intelligent, low-cost workforce. The Chinese have proved themselves adept at copying western goods at much cheaper costs. No wonder China's trade surplus with the rest of the world tripled in 2005, to a record $102 billion. Expect China's meteoric rise to continue.
How to get ahead: Consider learning Chinese and working for a U.S. company involved in joint ventures with China. Or propose to your employer—or a prospective one—that you would like to explore such joint ventures.
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