Chancellor Merkel helps Siemens win 1.4billion RMB contract

Chancellor Merkel helps Siemens win 1.4billion RMB contract
5/23/2006, During her first official visit to China, German Chancellor Angela Merkel help Siemens communication win multimillion dollar contract from China Mobile and China Unicom.

The contract from those 2 mobile carriers seems a good retort to the gossip that Siemens communication will be purchased by CHinese communication giant Huawei.

Merkel is accompanied by Economy Minister Michael Glos, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee and a delegation of 40 top managers from companies like Deutsche Bank, Allianz, SAP and Siemens.

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