Saizeriya Thrives While Gusto Struggles in China
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Saizeriya is a Japanese restaurant chain. It sells Italian food. It is doing very well in China. It has about 604 restaurants there.
Gusto is another Japanese restaurant chain. It is having a hard time in China. This is different from Saizeriya's good business.
Another Japanese chain, Hama-zushi, has about 200 restaurants in China. It sells sushi.
Many people talk about a China risk. This means it can be difficult for foreign companies to do business in China. But some Japanese companies still open more restaurants there.
China has changed a law called the National Defense Mobilization Law. Some people think this could make things harder for foreign companies in China.
This shows a strange situation. Some Japanese companies want to grow in China. But there is also more risk for them there.
Vocabulary15 words
- chain
- many shops or restaurants with the same name
- risk
- a chance that something bad happens
- China risk
- problems that can happen when doing business in China
- law
- a rule made by a government
- mobilization
- getting people or things ready for use, often for war
- foreign
- from another country
- depend on
- to need something very much
- rival
- a company that competes with another
- situation
- the way things are now
- grow
- to become bigger
- business
- buying and selling to make money
- government
- the group that runs a country
- company
- a group that sells things or services
- sushi
- Japanese food made with rice and fish
- restaurant
- a place where you buy and eat food
Quiz
Answer key
1. Very well 2. About 604 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Saizeriya is a Japanese restaurant _____. It sells Italian food.
It is doing very _____ in China. It has about 604 restaurants there.
Gusto is another Japanese restaurant chain. It is having a hard _____ in China.
Another Japanese chain, Hama-zushi, has about 200 restaurants in China. It sells _____.
Many people talk about a China _____. This means it can be difficult for foreign companies.
But some Japanese companies still open more _____ there.
China has changed a law called the National Defense _____ Law.
Some people think this could make things harder for foreign _____ in China.
This shows a strange _____. Some Japanese companies want to grow in China.