wholegrain  +  552311 Thu, 07 Aug 08 11:08 PM Honestly, I don't know what it even means, but I heard it here: China has also made initial progress in making investments abroad. China has more than 160 foreign investment markets, and 5,793 investment enterprises outside Chinese territory. China’s total agreed investments have come to 6.5 billion US dollars-worth. These overseas investment enterprises are engaged in a wide range of businesses, including foreign trade, real estate investment, information consultancy, finance, insurance, catering, tourism, contracting for labor services, culture, education, public health and technology development. http://www.asia-planet.net/china/opening-outside-world.htm wholegrain Joined on Thu, Jun 19 2008 Regular Member 534

	Mr Wordy  +  552318 Thu, 07 Aug 08 11:33 PM wholegrain “Honestly, I don't know what it even means, but I heard it here: China has also made initial progress in making investments abroad. China has more than 160 foreign investment markets, and 5,793 investment enterprises outside Chinese territory. China’s total agreed investments have come to 6.5 billion US dollars-worth. These overseas investment enterprises are engaged in a wide range of businesses, including foreign trade, real estate investment, information consultancy, finance, insurance, catering, tourism, contracting for labor services, culture, education, public health and technology development. ” Yes, what I said was not strictly true. "have many foreign investment markets" is possible in the sense of having many potential markets that are available, and possibly utlitised, for investment. However, this would not normally be said of an individual, or used to mean that the individual has many investments in all those markets. Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker

	wholegrain  +  552319 Thu, 07 Aug 08 11:40 PM Yeah, well I guess you can't have potential markets because you have invested in them. lol... Thanks. wholegrain

	wholegrain  +  552323 Thu, 07 Aug 08 11:52 PM having many foreign investment markets When I wrote that, I wanted to say "controls many markets". wholegrain

	wholegrain  +  552325 Thu, 07 Aug 08 11:58 PM Can we say what I said in informal speech? I think I heard "He has the market" instead of "He has the control over the market" in many occasions. Wouldn't "He has the market" be a metaphor??? wholegrain Metaphors