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Article: The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- December 22, 2001
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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 ...