The main reason China's semiconductor market is growing so quickly is because China's consumer electronics market is very big and growing bigger. Demand for high-valued added chips like National's continues to be high. We don't forecast an industry slowdown, especially in the higher value-added chips, for some years to come.

Edward Yu

The likely slowdown in Korea due to the recent elimination of handset subsidies could reduce worldwide CDMA handset sales by 10 to 15 percent.

Edward Snyder

We should see the slowdown in price increases as positive.

Zheng Jingping

There are signs of an economic slowdown and deterioration in companies' profitability in the second half and probably next year. Banks are tightening loan requirements to save for a rainy day.

Zhang Xi