China's auto industry is switching gears despite 【sluggish】 sales in recent months.

The greatest risk for China this year is external, as the European debt crisis is likely to 【deteriorate】, causing further pains for Chinese exporters.

Chinese companies completed 110 overseas 【merger】 and acquisition deals in 2011.

The company 【outbid】 five other competitors, including German multinational E. ON and Brazilian power generators Eletrobras and Cemig.

The summit of the Group of Eight (G8), a bloc formed 26 years ago, apparently is becoming a 【laggard】 model to tackle new world challenges.

The contrasts formed by China's 【surging】 economy and its depressed stock market of the past few years prompted them to absorb Chinese stocks at low prices.

The two governments will sign a joint statement on establishing a strategic partnership between the two countries, which will become a guideline document for 【bilateral】 relations.

Apple gives suppliers a very low profit margin, which makes suppliers lack 【incentive】 and resources to improve workers'welfare and factory environment.

The US manufacturing beef market over the past couple of weeks has had more of a bearish 【undertone】, due in part to higher stocks of frozen boneless beef.

It was a time that China was looking for experts from home and abroad to support its 【impending】 entry into the WTO.