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CORANTE John Yunker is founder of Byte Level Research and author of the widely acclaimed book, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies and editor of Global By Design.

He has covered the emerging field of Web globalization for half a decade and has published a wide range of reports dedicated to best practices in Web localization and internationalization.
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May 19, 2004

Sony Betting Big on China

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According to an article in The Wall Street Journal today, Sony is doubling its marketing budget in China to "help boost its sales there by at least 50% and keep it on track to reach the $10 billion mark in fiscal year 2008-09."

Sony China Web site (www.sony.com.cn)

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Currently, China contributes only 3 to 4% to Sony's consumer electronics revenues. But even so, the company sells more high-end digital cameras in China than anywhere else in the world.

Here is the link to the article (subscription required).

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