We keep hearing that Chinese consumers are beginning to act a lot more like Americans regarding their desire for new products. Gallup provides some data to back that up. The following chart shows this change in attitude clearly.
(Note that the last row isn't necessarily what it seems: 98% of respondents already owned televisions.)
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Daniel Indiviglio was an associate editor at The Atlantic from 2009 through 2011. He is now the Washington, D.C.-based columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He is also a 2011 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow through the Phillips Foundation.