摘要
For many years, a large number of Koreans have chosen to start new businesses and new lives in the Shandong port-city of Qingdao. However, the dream is starting to turn sour. The soaring cost of materials and the new labor law have led to many Korean companies leaving the city. And the downturn in China's export business with the US and Europe has exac- erbated the situation. Eighty-seven Korean companies left the city in 2007 according to the Export-Import Bank of Korea, and the figures for 2008,