A lot of people have made money in China. There has been a lot of money made in the telecom sector, the commodities businesses, the export of agricultural products, the industrial sector. But there has been a lot money lost, too. Those people who have made money in China have had a couple things. They ve been really lucky, and that s probably first and foremost because they hit the right thing at the right time.
Luck can come from good research and market planning.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, diplomatic relationships played an important role in getting lucrative contracts. But that s been less so over time. Now there are more business drivers. So, a lot of companies have made money in China and some have made significant amounts of money. Otherwise they wouldn t be there.