288 INDEX Kangnai Group, 125­129, 142 Kawasaki, 4 Kearney, Denis, 20 Kent, Muhtar, 35­37 Kodak, 279 KPM, 59 Ku, Allen, 196 Kuomintang Party, 23 labor costs, 129, 130, 276 Lao Tzu, vii, 207 Lazard Ltd., 240 Lee Yuansiong, 182 Legend, 102­106, 110, 111, 121 Lehman Brothers, 36 Lenovo Group Limited, 99, 100­107, 109­112, 114­120, 122­124, 275 Leung, Dominic, 175, 181, 182, 192, 194 LG Electronics, 84, 93, 240 LG Philips LCD, 91 Li Dongsheng, 77­83, 85, 87, 90­91, 93­94, 98 Liebherr, 231, 238, 243 Li Ning, 125, 143­145 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 67, 70 Mitsubishi, 231 Moeller Group, 167 Molybdenum Corporation of America, 51 Morgan Stanley, 85, 183, 189 Motorola, 70 Motorola China, 68 multinationals adaptation to cultural perceptions by, 28­29; in the appliances market, 235; customer service by, 254­255; in electri- cal products market, 162­166; foreign, in the Chinese market, 13­14; lessons for, 276­282; potential pull-out by, 136; see also specific companies Nan Cunhui, 151­157, 159­165, 171, 173 National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), 134, 135 national security threats (to the U.S.), 52, 60­61, 64­66 negative brand, 126 Neuf Cegetel, 72­73