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The American companies who took part in the survey are optimistic about their prospects for the year ahead. After a difficult couple of years, almost two thirds said they gained market share in theirChina business this year. Seven out of ten expected their revenue to grow by 10% or more in 2011.
But while China has huge potential for growth, it is also a hugely difficult place to make money.They complain about the problems recruiting and retaining good staff, about local officials who favour domestic companies over their foreign competitors and about the perennial problem of how toprotect their intellectual property.
The trade tensions between the two countries don't help either. In the US, politicians complain bitterly that China doesn't play fair when it comes to trade, keepingthe value of its currency artificially low to help boost exports.
At the report's launch in Shanghai the consensus was that China is still a risky place to try to do business, but it would be farmore risky for a company to ignore China. The growing domestic market here is too valuable to global firms seeking new customers.

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Principio delformulario
Las empresas estadounidenses que participaron en la encuesta son optimistas sobre sus perspectivas para el próximo año. Después de un par de años difíciles, casi dos tercios dijeron queganó participación de mercado en su negocio en China este año. Siete de cada diez espera que sus ingresos crezcan un 10% o más en 2011.

Pero mientras que China tiene un enorme potencial para elcrecimiento, también es un lugar extremadamente difícil de hacer dinero. Se quejan de los problemas para reclutar y retener a buenos profesionales, sobre los funcionarios locales que favorecen a las empresasnacionales frente a sus competidores extranjeros y sobre el eterno problema de cómo proteger su propiedad intelectual.

Las tensiones comerciales entre los dos países tampoco ayudan. En los...