Tastee Foods is a manufacturer of snack food items such as cereal bars, crackers, chips, and pretzels, and its products are carried by nearly all grocery stores and supermarkets across the United States. Tastee Foods has been quite successful domestically and is now ready to step foot into the international business arena, specifically, the expansive Chinese consumer market. Company executives are currently meeting to discuss the best avenue by which the company should enter the market. Which of the following, if true, weakens the argument for expanding into the Chinese market?

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Tastee Foods is a manufacturer of snack food items such as cereal bars, crackers, chips, and pretzels, and its products are carried by nearly all grocery stores and supermarkets across the United States.

Tastee Foods has been quite successful domestically and is now ready to step foot into the international business arena, specifically, the expansive Chinese consumer market.

Company executives are currently meeting to discuss the best avenue by which the company should enter the market.

Which of the following, if true, weakens the argument for expanding into the Chinese market?

Which of the following, if true, weakens the argument for expanding into the Chinese market?

A) Setting up operations in China would take time and would require hard work and clever negotiating.
 
B) Several companies have ventured into China and been largely unsuccessful because of their failure to meet the needs of the people.
 
C) The majority of Chinese citizens prefer to snack on such traditional items as layer crispy pancakes, noodles, and Chinese pickles.
 
D) Success in the Chinese market will be largely dependent upon the ability of Tastee Foods to acquire local employees.
 
E) The Chinese government attempts to encourage local businessmen and women to export their products.
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