Yonhap 韩联社, Nov 16, 2014.
chinese.yonhapnews.co.kr/domestic/2014/11/16/0403000000ACK20141116000600881.HTML
Note:
(a) Yonhap does not publish acorresponding English-language report.
(b) "据韩国贸易投资振兴公社(KOTRA)和韩国进出口银行16日发布 的数据,在中国新设法人的韩国企业2006年为2294家,2008年为1301家,2010年减至901家,2013年减至817家,今年上半年进一步 锐减到368家。"
(i) KOTRA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOTRA
was the acronym of KOrea TRAde Promotion Corporation (established in 1962), with a name change in 1995 (but retaining the acronym).
(ii) Of note, the second part of the sentence emphasizes "新设,"--not all (which includes extant businesses).
(c) "撤离中国的外企不仅仅是韩国企业。 * * * 这些企业中包括谷歌、美国最大电子零售连锁店百思买 Bestbuy 集团和德国电子零售巨头万得城。"
(i) 万得城电器 Media Markt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Markt
(Europe's largest retailer of consumer electronics, and the second largest in the world after American retailer Best Buy; opened in 1979 and bought by Metro AG)
(ii) Ingolstadt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingolstadt
(Ingolstadt was first mentioned in a document of Charlemagne on 6 February 806 as "Ingoldes stat," the place of Ingold [which appears to be a personal name for male])
is a Munich suburb.
(iii) German English dictionary
* markt (noun masculine): "market" (Dutch language has the same noun.)
* stadt (noun feminine; from Old High German stat [1: city, town; 2: site, place, spot]): "city, town"
(iv) The etymology of English noun "market:
"Middle English, probably from Continental Germanic; akin to Old Saxon markat marketplace, Old High German marcāt, both ultimately from Latin mercatus trade, marketplace, from mercari to trade, from merc-, merx merchandise”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market
(d) "韩国大企业在中国的业绩也不尽如人意。大型连锁超市易买得 e-mart 于1997年进入中国,去年在中国业务亏损530亿韩元(2.9528亿元),今年第一季度亏损225亿韩元。乐天集团旗下的跨国速食连锁店乐天利 Lotteria [Lotte = cafeteRIA] 在中国业务陷入亏损,乐天百货店 Lotte Department Store 也未能取得预期成果。"
Lotte (conglomerate)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_(conglomerate)
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