Article: The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.

By Richard Mize, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 22--This is about how many people are in China: 1.3 billion.

This is how many people participated in the International Housing Conference last month in Shanghai: 450.

Now, with that perspective, let's look at what was accomplished at the second annual conference by the U.S. National Association of Home Builders.

Some 900 elbows were rubbed -- most of them belonging to Chinese entrepreneurs who came to learn from Americans salivating at the prospect of getting a piece of the action.

"There is an insatiable interest in American building products and ...

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