China's new status is largely symbolic, but it reflects the ability of its resilient, low-cost manufacturers to keep selling abroad despite a slump in global consumer demand as a result of the financial crisis.
But it reflects the company's ambition to grow beyond its roots as the so-called plumber of the Internet to offer everything from instant messaging software to digital stereos.
Peter Gothard, a director at Ferrier Hodgson, describes the problem succinctly: "There's no credible threat of liquidation for a company that doesn't pay its debts".TPI may be an unusually drawn-out case, but it reflects the attitude of many Thai debtors.
But it reflects the changing tide.
But it reflects the peculiar nature of China's excesses.
It isn't ideal, but it reflects "the complicated nature of Israel's society".
But it reflects the underlying strength of our Constitution and rule of law.
This claim is exaggerated, but it reflects the fanaticism that he inspires among his admirers.
"But it reflects the secretary general's genuine personal belief in the necessity of a multinational force".
Spittle".Such anger may be excessive, but it reflects the depth to which the state's reputation has sunk.
It is obviously only a crude gauge, but it reflects the economic factors that have caused trouble in the past.
