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New York-based cosmetics maker Coty also has grand ambitions. In 1996, it forged a venture in China with Yue-Sai Kan Cosmetics, launched four years earlier by glamorous China-born American, Yue-Sai Kan, a household name and face in the country of her birth. Technically a wholly owned American company, Yue-Sai Kan Cosmetics is considered one of China’s leading brands of color cosmetics. The alliance has propelled Coty almost overnight to the No. 1 spot in China’s market, and in October the joint venture opened a $20 million factory in Shanghai, complete with an R & D centre.

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There is still another case – New York-based cosmetics maker Coty forged a joint venture with Yue-Sai Kan in China.

还有一个例子，美国的Coty公司与已小有名气的靳羽西公司成立合资公司。

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In 1996, it forged a venture in China with Yue-Sai Kan cosmetics, launched four years earlier by glamorous China-born American Yue-Sai Kan, a household name and face in the country of her birth.

1）“it forged a venture in China with Yue-Sai Kan cosmetics”是主句。

2）“launched four years earlier by glamorous China-born American Yue-Sai Kan”是个过去分词短语，做定语，修饰名词短语“Yue-Sai Kan cosmetics”，相当于非限制性定语从句which had been launched four years earlier by glamorous China-born American Yue-Sai Kan。

3）“a household name and face in the country of her birth”做同位语，说明前面的名词短语“glamorous China-born American Yue-Sai Kan”的性质。

4）(be) a household name

　　to be very well known家喻户晓的事/名字，e.g.

　　Coca Cola is a household name around the world.

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