Thursday, 27 June 2013

With Windows 8.1, can Microsoft get its mojo back?

By any objective standard, the initial response to Windows 8 has been a mixed bag for Microsoft.
The Redmond giant has had to watch for the past eight months as the PC market it dominated for decades first sputtered and then stalled. It’s also had to listen to customers complain, sometimes vehemently, about the usability challenges of Windows 8.
And a good share of the blame for both situations can be traced right back to design decisions made several years ago by Microsoft executives in the early planning stages of what became Windows 8. They misjudged the hardware market, designing Windows 8 for 10-inch and up tablets and touch-based laptops, hitting the market as consumers discovered the joys of smaller devices. They overestimated their customers’ willingness to move beyond the desktop to a world where touchscreens rule. It didn’t help that the first wave of Windows 8 devices didn’t even have touch capabilities and that Windows 8 did almost nothing to help introduce customers to its radical new interface.
Many of the changes in Windows 8.1 were already on the drawing board when Windows 8 shipped last fall. But the just-released Windows 8.1 Preview no doubt includes a few exclamation points and a greater sense of urgency than the original plans. Microsoft has something to prove with this update.
After spending the day at the Build conference talking with developers and Microsoft managers (and poking at Windows 8.1 on a loaner Surface Pro in between meetings), I’ve come up with three key questions that Windows 8.1 has to answer:
Will consumers buy Microsoft tablets and touch-based hybrids?
As I noted a few weeks ago, a major goal of this release is to enable Windows 8 on small mobile devices. It’s no accident that the first device Windows boss Julie Larson-Green showed off at yesterday’s Build keynote was an 8.1-inch Acer tablet designed to be used in portrait mode. It looks like a pretty decent device for reading ebooks and online magazines, browsing the web, and playing casual games, with the ability to transform into an honest-to-goodness PC on a moment’s notice.
The trouble is, the market is flooded with attractive alternatives: dirt-cheap Android devices, Amazon’s well-established Kindle Fire, and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the space, Apple’s iPad and iPad Mini. It’s a rapidly growing segment, but Microsoft will have its hands full convincing consumers that Windows, with its long history as a PC operating system, can really deliver a pleasant tablet experience.
Will businesses commit to a future where the Windows desktop is perceived as a legacy product?
It’s a misconception to think that the traditional Windows desktop is a second-class citizen in Windows 8. Although the Start menu is gone, the Windows desktop is otherwise virtually unchanged, and all those legacy apps run as well as ever on Windows 8 – maybe even better than before.
But perception is everything, which is why Windows 8.1 has a Start button, a boot-to-desktop option, and a set of options that can basically turn Windows 8 into … well, let’s call it Windows 7.5. If Microsoft had delivered this set of features last October, along with an easy set of tools for easing the transition for Windows desktop diehards, the outcry over the radical Windows 8 interface changes might have been less intense. But they didn’t, and now the risk is that businesses will stick with Windows 7 on traditional (non-touch) PCs and shun the innovations in hardware that should hit the market this fall.
That’s a recipe for a slow decline into a boring (but still probably profitable) niche.
Will developers deliver the apps to kickstart the new platform?
So far, the most successful app developers for Windows 8 are those making Start menu replacements. Ouch.
Microsoft didn’t help its own case by delivering weak Mail and Photos apps – the two categories that are arguably the most important parts of the modern mobile computing experience. And although the company demonstrated a very good looking Mail update at yesterday’s keynote, that code isn’t in the Windows 8.1 Preview.
The real killer apps for Windows 8, the ones that will convince other developers to come along for the ride, are the Windows 8 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the rest of the Office family. And Microsoft’s still saying those apps won’t arrive until 2014. Really? That’s an awfully long time to wait.
So those are the very big challenges that Windows 8.1 faces. Place your bets.
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5 Google Reader alternatives

When Google Reader shuts down on July 1, which RSS reader can you use in its place?
Google announced the demise of its popular reader in March. The seven-year-old free service allows people to manage and read RSS feeds, keeping them updated about new content on sites such as blogs and news sites.
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While Google doesn't know how many users the service has, its top feed had more than 24 million subscribers in March. Its demise creates a big opportunity for both existing RSS reader services and companies such as AOL and Digg, which launched their new RSS readers on Monday and Wednesday, respectively.
Here are some options for managing your RSS feeds after Google Reader retires.

1. Feedly

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This free service tripled its user base to 12 million between Google's announcement and the end of May, and has been listed by a number of technology sites and media outlets as one of the best Google Reader alternatives.
Feedly is openly courting former Google Reader users with new features such as one-click migration of their account and a Google Reader-like title-only view. (Feedly’s normal view is more magazine-like, with lots of images.) It has also launched a large number of apps that allow Feedly to be used on almost any web browser or device, both online and offline, and to connect to the cloud to keep a single account synched across different devices. Some features of Google Reader, such as search within your feeds, aren't yet available, but Feedly is promising them in the future.

2. Newsblur

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This is another popular pick among tech blogs and sites, partly because of its ability to update feeds in real time. Newsblur updates faster than Google Reader, but it commands a fee. A $24-per-year subscription to a premium account also allows users to add an unlimited number of feeds. A slower, basic service with a maximum of 64 feeds, as well as some usage restrictions, is available for free.

The Old Reader

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This web-only free service, which has been running as a beta version since it launched a year ago, was started by some developers in their spare time after Google Reader made changes to its look and eliminated social features in 2011. Their goal was to re-create the old version of Google Reader for themselves and their friends, but they "like the way it turned out, so we are sharing it with everyone." The Old Reader's blog makes it sound as though it may be having trouble coping with the recent influx of ex-Google Reader users. This isn't completely surprising given its available resources — namely donations.

AOL Reader

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A beta, web version of this brand new reader launched Monday. So far, reviewers seem to be impressed with its speed. Some sites, including AOL-owned TechCrunch, reported that the reader had some glitches at launch, but a day later, AOL said the reader was already at capacity, and was adding prospective users to a waiting list. Besides TechCrunch, AOL owns a number of other websites that produce popular RSS feeds, including The Huffington Post and Engadget. AOL is promising new features for its reader soon, including search and mobile apps.

5. Digg Reader

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On Wednesday, social news website Digg rolled out the beta, web version of its new reader, which is "aimed first and foremost at Google Reader users looking for a new home." It features easy migration from Google and Google-like keyboard shortcuts, as well as social features similar to those on Digg itself, such as the ability to "digg" (publicly endorse), save and share posts you like. The iOS apps are to be released Thursday. New features, including search and an Android app, are expected in the next few months. power by:www.cbc.ca

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

China's Shenzhou-10 mission successful


BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Three astronauts who completed China's longest manned space mission returned to Earth safely Wednesday morning, marking another step forward towards the country's goal of building a permanent manned space station by 2020.
Zhang Youxia, commander-in-chief of China's manned space program, said the Shenzhou-10 mission was a "complete success".
The reentry module of Shenzhou-10 landed safely on a sun-lit prairie in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at about 8:07 a.m. Wednesday. All three astronauts were in good physical condition.
Nie Haisheng, commander of the Shenzhou-10 crew and a second-time space traveler, was the first to emerge out of the bowl-like module, followed by Wang Yaping, the only female astronaut of the mission, and Zhang Xiaoguang.
During a brief welcoming ceremony held at the landing area, the astronauts waved merrily to a crowd composed of military officers, the search and recovery team, and health personnel.
"It feels really good to be back home," said astronaut Nie Haisheng.
"We are dreamers, and we have now fulfilled our dream," said Zhang Xiaoguang. "Our space dream knows no boundary, and our hard work will never cease," he said.
Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli arrived at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center Wednesday morning and watched the live broadcast of the return and recovery of Shenzhou-10 there.
Zhang delivered a congratulatory note on behalf of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission, celebrating the success of the Shenzhou-10 and Tiangong-1 mission.
The Shenzhou-10 is China's first application-oriented space flight.
Compared with its previous mission Shenzhou-9 last year, the Shenzhou-10 is no longer experimental but considered an applicable shuttle system for transporting astronauts and supplies to orbiting modules.
The mission aims to further test technologies designed for docking and supporting astronauts' stay in space, as well as to use new technologies related to the construction of a space station in the future, a spokeswoman for China's manned space program told the press prior to the launch of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft on June 11.
In its 15-day journey in space, Shenzhou-10 docked with the orbiting space lab Tiangong-1 twice, once through automatic operation and the other manual.
The astronauts spent 12 days in Tiangong-1, where they conducted space medical experiments, technical tests and delivered a lecture to students on Earth about basic physics principles.
The lecture, given by Wang Yaping aboard the space module, was a highlight in the Shenzhou-10 mission.
It is estimated that more than 60 million students and teachers at about 80,000 middle schools across the country watched the live broadcast of the 40-minute space lecture on TV.
During the lecture, Wang introduced the motion in micro-gravity environments and the surface tension of liquid in space, with several demonstrations, and answered questions from the students.
Chinese youth were reported to have been greatly inspired by the lecture, which was designed to increase Chinese students' enthusiasm for science.
The Shenzhou-10 mission was the first high-profile space mission after Xi Jinping took office as China's President in March this year.
On June 24, Xi made a video call to the astronauts, during which he said "the space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger."
"With the development of space programs, the Chinese people will take bigger strides to explore further into the space," the President said.
China is the third country after the United States and Russia to acquire the technologies and skills necessary for space rendezvous and docking procedures, as well as supply manpower and materials for an orbiting module via different docking methods.
Previous docking procedures conducted between Shenzhou-type spacecraft and the orbiting space lab included two automated dockings by the unmanned Shenzhou-8 in 2011 and both an automated and manual docking by the manned Shenzhou-9 in 2012.
The Tiangong-1 space lab has been in orbit for more than 600 days. The module is considered the first step in building a permanent space station in the future.
Since its first manned space mission in 2003, China has sent ten astronauts and six spacecrafts into the space.power by : news.xinhuanet.com

Monday, 24 June 2013

New Samsung tablets look more like its Galaxy smartphones

New York: Samsung is expanding its lineup of tablet computers and making them look more like its Galaxy smartphones, as it hopes to translate its success in phones to the tablet market, where Apple is dominant.
Samsung Electronics Co., the second-largest maker of tablets after Apple, on Monday said it is putting three new tablets in the Galaxy Tab 3 series on sale in the US on July 7. The cheapest, a $199 device, will have a screen that measures 7 inches diagonally. An 8-inch model will go for $299 and a 10-inch one for $399.
"Our goal is to attract Galaxy smartphone users, and to make it the ultimate smartphone accessory," said Shoneel Kolhatkar, director of product planning at Samsung Mobile.
The "Tab" line is Samsung's value brand, undercutting the price of similar Apple models. Samsung's premium tablets are in the "Note" line, which include styluses. The 7-inch and 10-inch tablets had "Tab 2" equivalents, but the 8-inch model is new, and coincides closely in size with Apple's iPad Mini, which came out late last year.
The new tablets have the same three buttons on the front as the Galaxy smartphones. Last year's Tab 2 had no physical buttons on the front, as encouraged by Google, which supplies the Android software.
The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 has 8 gigabytes of storage memory, while the larger models have 16 gigabytes. All of them have card slots for memory expansion.
Samsung and Apple are in a heated tussle when it comes to smartphones and tablets. Each company would like to dominate both markets. Samsung had 18 per cent of the global tablet market in the first quarter this year, according to research firm IDC. Apple had 40 per cent.
In smartphones, the figures are reversed, with Samsung dominating, largely because of its Galaxy line. Apple came in second with a 17 per
cent market share for the iPhone. In the US, however, Samsung is outsold by Amazon.com Inc., with its Kindles.
Forrester Research analyst JP Gownder said a hit smartphone traditionally hasn't led buyers to get a tablet from the same manufacturer. He believes Samsung will get a bigger boost from its new mini-stores inside US Best Buy locations. Having a retail environment it can control bridges some of the gap with Apple, which has its own stores.
"Whether you buy it online or in person, people want to touch and feel these products," Gownder said.
Samsung has declined to challenge the iPad on screen resolution. The new tablets have the same resolution as older models, leaving them well behind the iPad and even Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone.
The 10-inch tablet has a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels, compared with 1920 by 1080 for the phone. The smartphone packs in three times more detail in a square inch than the tablet does. (The 8-inch Tab 3 does, however, have a slightly higher screen resolution than the iPad Mini, the closest Apple equivalent.)
Analyst Jeff Orr at ABI Research said that the new Samsung tablets aren't "groundbreaking in any particular direction," it shows the South Korean company is honing a strategy that's been successful in smartphones: producing a wide variety of devices for different customer segments.
"Samsung has certainly shown how that can be accomplished with handsets, and I see more of that occurring now with the Galaxy Tab 3 announcement," Orr said.
With the new models, Samsung will have five tablets on sale in the US, compared to two at Apple. In addition, Samsung sells the Galaxy Note II, a phone-tablet crossover device.
The 10-inch model is the first Android-powered Samsung tablet to use an Intel processor. That's a significant win for the Santa Clara, California, chipmaker, which has been trying to break into the market for cellphone and tablet chips now that PC sales are slumping. Other smartphones and tablets run chips made by a variety of companies, all based on designs from ARM Holdings PLC, a British company.power by :ibnlive.in.com

Rivals Microsoft, Oracle Bonding in The Cloud

The partnership looks to be a good move for both companies, while being bad for mutual competitor VMware, said veteran Microsoft and Oracle analyst Rick Sherlund, of investment bank Nomura.

Back in the day, Microsoft and Oracle were bitter rivals, competing over providing database and server products and trading barbs during the U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Microsoft in the 1990s.
Now they’re holding hands and looking at a future together.
Microsoft and Oracle announced Monday a cloud partnership in which customers will be able to run Oracle software (including Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server) on Microsoft’s Windows Server Hyper-V or in Windows Azure. Oracle will provide certification and full support.
Oracle Linux will also be made available to Windows Azure customers.
“Now our customers will be able to take advantage of the flexibility our unique hybrid cloud solutions offer for their Oracle applications, middleware and databases, just like they have been able to do on Windows Server for years,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement.
Indeed, there are already many customers that run Oracle software on their on-premises Windows Server. Monday’s announcement “is about extending that to the cloud,” Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft’s Server and Tools division, said in a conference call after the announcement.
The partnership looks to be a good move for both companies, while being bad for mutual competitor VMware, said veteran Microsoft and Oracle analyst Rick Sherlund, of investment bank Nomura.
“I think they need each other,” Sherlund said. “They’re cooperating in areas that are mutually beneficial.”
Microsoft is getting Oracle’s support for Hyper-V, Microsoft’s hypervisor technology, which allows companies to run virtual servers. That’s important because Hyper-V competes against VMware, which is dominant in the server virtualization market. And many of the businesses that would be interested in such technology already use some Oracle software.
“It’s an advantage for Microsoft to be able to say: ‘All this Oracle stuff runs on Hyper-V,’ ” said Sherlund, who added that Oracle does not support VMware’s vSphere.
The move likely also allows Microsoft to say it’s being open with its Azure platform.
“That’s the rap you have against Microsoft: That it’s all the Microsoft platform,” Sherlund said. “If you’re in the cloud, it’s good that you’re supporting other platforms.”
Oracle, meanwhile, has traditionally delivered its software to its customers’ own premises. Now that it’s focusing more on delivering its software as services, it’s “motivated to make sure that [the services are] available on a lot of different cloud platforms,” Sherlund said. “So that’s good for Oracle.”
Back a few decades, though, Redmond-based Microsoft and Oracle fought bitterly, with Oracle a strong critic of Microsoft’s monopoly on operating systems during the government’s antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. At one point, Oracle, based in Redwood City, Calif., acknowledged hiring a detective agency to monitor Microsoft’s political activities to expose “Microsoft’s ‘underhanded attempts’ to win its antitrust case,” according to a CNNMoney report.
Then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, meanwhile, contended that the government’s antitrust suit was spurred by the company’s competitors, including Oracle, Sun Microsystems (later bought by Oracle) and IBM.
But these days, both companies are battling newer competition from the likes of VMware and Seattle-based Amazon.com.
Ballmer and Oracle President Mark Hurd said during the conference call after Monday’s announcement that their two companies would continue to compete.
But, Ballmer said, “the relationship between the two companies has evolved ... in a very positive and constructive manner on a number of fronts.”
Hurd said, “The cloud is the tipping point that made this all happen.”
Hurd said Oracle would continue to offer its own public, private and hybrid platforms. But the fact that Java will be accessible to programmers who work in Windows Azure “is a good thing for us. ... The fact that more people get access to our IP is favorable,” he said. “It’s good for our customers and therefore good for Oracle.”
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison had also said last week that the company would be announcing partnerships with Salesforce.com and NetSuite.
power by:seattletimes.com

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Yahoo Mail, Finance, Answers Survive Google-Like Spring Cleaning.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer showed that she’s brought at least one of Google’s signature tactics with her to the Yahoo executive suite, axing several of its longtime products including Deals and Yahooligans. The move is similar to the annual Google “spring cleaning” in which existing products are killed off each spring if their user base is small and/or dwindling so that the staff’s focus can be shifted to products with a brighter future. Deals had been Yahoo’s coupon based site and Yahooligans had been a kid-oriented search engine. But while Mayer is swinging the axe on some core Yahoo technologies which had been around for a decade or more, she’s revealed she’s not going to kill off everything at the struggling company. She’s kept the fading but still-popular Yahoo Mail in place and released a fully revamped mobile version of the Mail app. Mayer has also decided to, at least for now, keep Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Answers in place.

Yahoo Finance is a straightforward portal for stock market coverage complete with stock tickers along with original and syndicated reporting on corporate stock activity. Yahoo Answers has long been a bit of a mystery, as the site simply allows users to post random questions while other users answer them, with a social up-vote system determining which answers are the most reliable. Yahoo Sports also survived the axe, and will be allowed to continue covering major sports teams, for the time being.

The Yahoo spring cleaning is not the first tactic Mayer has used in the name of putting employees at the fading company on notice. Earlier this year she decided that employees would no longer be allowed to work from home. While it’s not yet clear what her specific plans are for returning the company to relevance in terms of new products or services, she at least made clear today which products aren’t going to be a part of that future.
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Automakers Target Chinese Buyers at Shanghai Show.

Shanghai: Global and Chinese automakers showcased family-friendly sedans and SUVs targeting coveted urban buyers at China's biggest auto-show Saturday as competition intensifies in this huge but crowded market.

China's vehicle sales rose 13 per cent in March, blistering growth by Western standards but down from 45 per cent in 2009. With sales weak elsewhere, global companies that see China as a key part of their future are pouring money and technology into fighting for market share, squeezing each other and new but ambitious local automakers.

"It is a very, very competitive market," said Bob Socia, president of General Motors Co.'s China arm.

The Shanghai auto-show, held in alternate years, has grown into one of the global industry's most prominent events, especially after China passed the United States in 2009 as the biggest auto market by number of vehicles sold.

Organisers say exhibitors at this year's show, which opens to the public after Saturday's press preview, will display more than 800 vehicles, from mass-market compacts to minivans to hand-built sports cars with price tags of more than $1 million.

GM is displaying 53 models from its Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet units as well as its local Baojun and Wuling brands. GM says it will launch 17 new and refreshed models in China this year and wants to expand Cadillac's share of the country's booming luxury market.

Ford Motor Co. unveiled a new version of its Mondeo sedan and the sport model of its smaller Focus ST aimed at prosperous, family-conscious Chinese buyers. Marin Burela, president of Ford's main Chinese joint venture, said the Mondeo is aimed at luring Chinese buyers with "affordable luxury."

The Mondeo "rivals vehicles priced well beyond this segment," Mr Burela said.

Italy's Fiat SpA, trying to catch up after launching its first China venture just three years ago, unveiled a version of its Viaggio sedan and a SUV, the Freemont, based on the Dodge Journey. Fiat said the Viaggio, with a smaller 1.4-liter engine than models sold elsewhere, was its first vehicle designed for the China market.

China's auto sales last year topped 19 million. Industry analysts and automakers say they expect rapid growth to continue, rising to annual sales of as much as 32 million vehicles by 2020 - the equivalent of the United States and Europe combined.

"China really is in the infancy of industry development," said David Schoch, Ford's president for Asia and the Pacific. Ford expects 60 to 70 per cent of its sales growth to come from the Asia-Pacific region in coming years, he said, "and most of that is driven by the China engine."

Mr Schoch said Ford plans to double the size of its China dealership network to more than 800 outlets.

Despite rapid sales growth that has left Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities choked on traffic and smog, competition has been brutal, forcing fledgling Chinese automakers to merge in hopes of competing with bigger global rivals.

Ford's local partner Chang'an Automotive Group swallowed rivals Changhe and Hafei and a series of smaller producers. Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., which assembles vehicles for GM and VW, absorbed Nanjing Automotive.

Still, the market is fragmented among more than 100 brands and some domestic producers have sales of just 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles a year.

Germany's Volkswagen AG is China's biggest single auto brand with a 14 per cent market share. GM is second with 7 per cent for cars, plus its truck and minivan sales. Ford, Honda Motor Co. and leading Chinese brands such as Chery Inc. and Geely Holding Group, which owns Sweden's Volvo Cars, have shares of 2 to 4 per cent.

The squeeze on independent Chinese brands has worsened as global automakers target their core low-cost market with new economy models.

Chinese automakers were stunned last year when GM unveiled a version of its Sail sedan priced at just 56,800 yuan ($9,100). GM says it also exported more than 60,000 Chinese-manufactured Sails last year to other developing markets.

Chery's sales plunged 10 per cent last year. It responded last week by announcing an overhaul that will eliminate two of its three brands and slim down its product range from 20 models to 10 or 11.

"It's already survival of the fittest," said analyst Namrita Chow of IHS Automotive.

One Chinese brand that has bucked the trend is Great Wall Motors Co. Its profit jumped 65 per cent last year, driven by sales of its popular SUVs, which are exported to 80 countries including Australia, Italy and Russia.

On Saturday, Great Wall unveiled two new SUVs, the H6 and the H7, as well as a sedan and a pickup.

On the strength of those new products, CEO Wang Fengying said this year's sales might rise 30 per cent.

"We put a lot into research and development - really, a lot," said Wang, the only female chief executive of a major Chinese auto brand. "We hope we know just what customers want and trust."

Also Saturday, Japanese automakers that are struggling to come back from a sales slump displayed models they said were restyled to suit Chinese tastes.

Toyota Motor Co. showed a Yaris sedan and other models it said were modified for China after market research. Honda and Nissan Motor Co., which have hired Chinese designers, showed models they said were created to meet local demand.

Sales of Japanese brands plunged last year during a dispute between Beijing and Tokyo over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea and continue to wane even though the tensions have abated.

Japanese automakers suffered a combined 17.8 per cent sales decline in March, according to Alec Gutierrez, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book.

Speaking at the show, Toyota vice chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, stressed friendship with China. He noted that Toyota has produced its hybrid Prius in China since 2005, the first manufacturing site for the vehicle outside Japan.

"For me, China is a cherished neighbour," he said.

China's failure to follow its neighbours Japan and South Korea in creating at least one global auto brand has frustrated communist leaders.

They see auto manufacturing as an industry that will create higher-paid jobs in fields from electronics to chemicals. They have spent two decades giving producers subsidies and other help.

Despite that, industry analysts say China is years away from creating a globally competitive brand.

Already, a handful of foreign automakers including VW and GM are developing such a commanding market position that they will be hard to dislodge, according to Yale Zhang, managing director of Automotive Foresight, a research firm.

Five years ago, eight automakers had vehicles among China's 10 most popular, according to Zhang. Last year, the Top 10 group had shrunk to just three brands - VW, GM and the Korean duopoly of Hyundai and Kia.

"The next five years really will be the last window of opportunity for local car makers" to develop competitive brands, said Mr Zhang.

"Only one or two probably will be successful," he said. "Most of them will really see serious trouble within five years," he added.
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