Passage 1
China's Economic Role Is Burgeoning
For Japanese businesses grappling with the strong yen,China is especially attractive. Japan's domestic market is sagging, and yen-based costs are pricing its exports too high. China offers a thriving market and a cheap production base. Nearly one of every 10 yen that Japanese companies invest this year will end up in China, by one estimates. The latest move: Akai Electric Co. pledged $230 million for 81% of a Hong Kong company that is South China's biggest maker of consumer electronic goods. It then laid off 40% of its Japanese workforce.
China's market could grow even more important, and not just to Asia.Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshevsky, in recent testimony to Congress, noted that although Sino-American trade surged to $40 billion last year from only $2 billion when Beijing began its economic reforms in 1979, trade in some areas, notably services, is still closed.
To be sure, China's trade expansion hasn't been smooth.This year, Beijing averted U.S sanctions by settling a dispute over copyright and patent protection. And China will also open its market further to meet global standards.
45.Japanese companies' investment in China will increase employment in Japan.
A、Ture
B、False
【正确答案】：B
【名师解析】:根据文章内容，日本公司在中国的投资正在增加，并且Akai Electric Co. 投资了2.3亿美元购买了香港一家公司81%的股份，这家公司是南中国最大的消费电子产品制造商。随后，Akai Electric Co. 裁掉了其在日本40%的员工。这表明，尽管日本公司在中国的投资可能会增加中国的就业机会，但在日本本国却导致了就业机会的减少。因此，题目中的说法"Japanese companies' investment in China will increase employment in Japan"是错误的。所以正确答案是选项B. False。
