"The potential positive impact of duties for the EU solar producers is dwarfed by the negative impact on employment."

THORSTEN PREUGSCHAS, spokesman for the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy, claiming that up to 240,000 European jobs in downstream businesses could be at risk at a time of record unemployment, if the European Union levies anti-dumping tariffs against solar-product imports from China.

"No matter the model, we believe this bodes well for the industry in general, as it may help accelerate TCM standardization and modernization, as well as TCM acceptance in overseas markets."

BRUCE LIU, partner and co-head of pharma and healthcare practice at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, saying international drug makers are exploring ways, including joint ventures and co-development partnerships, to combine Western approaches to drug discovery with the material repertoire of traditional Chinese medicine.

(China Daily 02/22/2013 page14)