The sex trade has grown at an exponential rate and China has become one of the world's leading centers for prostitution.

I started to worry about the Expo, and hope there will be no big accident related to the huge number of people. The people they handle on April 20 is just 2/5 of the actual expected volumn. What will happen then?

We expect China's trade balance to return to surplus a few months later, and the outlook for the RMB to resume flexibility should not be affected.

China is now easily the world's largest market for fixed-line or mobile phones. However, the journey has taken about 140 years and early development was heavily affected by expansion of foreign business and political interests.