FOR many Malaysians, China remains an enigma because of its language, and culture, not to mention travellers’ tales of filthy toilets, abundant fake products, uncouth Chinese who spit everywhere and the “flu bug that hitches a ride home” which certainly will not help put the Middle Kingdom on their radar.
For the business community, the baggage of communism and still stinging memories of the failure of early investors like Berjaya and Lion Group is a deterrent to taking the plunge in China.