  We solve the analytic Cauchy problem for the generalized two-component
Camassa-Holm system introduced by R. M. Chen and Y. Liu. We show the existence
of a unique local/global-in-time analytic solution under certain conditions.
This is the first result about global analyticity for a Camassa-Holm-like
system. The method of proof is basically that developed by Barostichi, Himonas
and Petronilho. The main differences of their proof and ours are twofold: (i)
the system of Chen and Liu is not symmetic in the two unknowns and our
estimates are not trivial generalization of those in their articles, (ii) we
have simplified their argument by using fewer function spaces and the main
result is stated in a simple and natural way.

Analysis of PDEs