On 12/27/2011 2:03 AM, John B. wrote:
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parts. Dutze air cooled engines manufactured in China. In the first
case because the tax on a fully assembled auto would be prohibitive
and in the second, I would guess, for much the same reasons.

More likely because the Chinese government requires at least some
manufacturing be onshore by foreign corporations for access to their
markets. It's a form of forced technology transfer that essentially
puts the industrial espionage target at convenient hand...

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