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Does anyone in China even play poker? I keep hearing "China" as a cure for poker, and it reminds of the dotcom days when eyeballs where somehow going to = profit, only no one really knew how. Aren't 99.5% of all Chinese still farm peasants or subsistence laborers - with any spare income they might have going towards elementary school books and cigarettes?
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/16583805
German luxury carmaker BMW said Friday it sold 51.3% more cars in mainland China in 2006 compared with a year earlier.
Total sales came to 36,357 cars, up from 24,025 in 2005, it said in a statement. Sales of BMW brands rose 49.6% to 35,300 units, with Minis up 145.8% to 1,057 units.
http://www.bmwcca.org/node/6479
For the second year, BMW Group topped 300,000 sales in the U.S., finishing 2006 with both a record year for sales and a record-setting month. December sales of 33,417, the group’s first-ever month above 30,000, pushed BMW Group (actually, BMW plus Mini but not Rolls-Royce, whose sales trickle in more slowly) to 313,603 for 2006,
China may be only 10% of the US for BMW sales but they aren't all peasants and with growth of 51% you can see why many are keen.
PS many Chinese are entusiastic gamblers.