Geographic And Political Landscape
Key statistics
- 59.42% of world population
- Household PC penetration from 68% (Singapore) to 12% (India)
- Internet penetration from 58% in Hong Kong to 6% in the PRC (but China has the highest number of PC households after USA)
Contrast to the other three regions
- Extremely large diversity in culture, language, legal framework, political system, taxation, transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, etc.
- Extremes in economical development, literacy, graft, etc.
- China becoming the “manufacturing floor of the world” and attracting lion’s share of FDI
- China local OEM’s have major market share in the PRC and starting to go “multi-national”