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Questions remain over China’s consumer power

By Geoff Dyer in Beijing

Published: October 22 2009 13:59 | Last updated: October 22 2009 18:02

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Anyone scanning recent business headlines in China would not recognise the country where people supposedly save and never spend. In September, China Mobile’s customer base crossed the half billion mark – a powerful symbol of the awesome size of the Chinese consumer market.

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