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Dell (DELL) Buys More Parts In China, Flatters The Locals

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Dell (DELL) announced that it will buy $23 billion of components in China this year, up 28% from last year. None other than Michael Dell himself said "China is one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies in the world, and we’ve made significant business and social investments here in the last 10 years," according to Reuters.

Is Mr. Dell buying parts or selling PCs? China is a critical market for the computer company as it battles for global market share against Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Apple (AAPL), Lenovo, and Acer. Talking up what Dell does for China may help China do for Dell. Dell’s sales are not keeping up with those of most of its competition.

It is interesting that Mr. Dell avoids talking about the business he gives to Taiwan, especially though buying chips which semiconductor companies build there.

But, the Sons of Mao would not like that, so Mr. Dell has avoided the subject.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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