Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner was a formidable figure in the Peking community, a genuine China hand who was fluent in Mandarin, courageous and very curious.

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We need a New China Hand.

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Moreover, the improving global PMIs in recent months likely have contributed to this fact, given U.S. ISM above at 51.5 for the first time in four months giving China a hand.

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Chinalco took its original stake in the hopes of blocking a merger that China feared would hand too much control of iron ore prices to one company.

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It would also hand China a domestic political victory.

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China on the other hand has a GDP growth rate close to 12% with a net savings rate in excess of 46%.

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On the other hand, China is growing at a much faster pace and it has a much larger population.

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China, on the other hand, has a relatively mature human spaceflight program that is nearly a decade old.

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On the other hand, China does not seem headed for a bust, not for now at any rate.

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In China, you are to a large extent stuck with the hand you have before you file your lawsuit.

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Thirty-three-year-old Liu Yang, also a military pilot, has on the other hand emerged as China's first woman astronaut after just two years of training.

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Solar power, on the other hand, is considered a clean technology in which China has openly sought world prominence, or dominance, using public markets in the West in the process.

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Many Latin Americans feel their hand would be strengthened if they bargained with China as a block.

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On the other hand, Lin Huaibin, the manager responsible for China vehicle sales forecasts for IHS Automotive, a leading independent consulting firm, still expects the market to grow by 10 percent in 2011, stimulated by subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles as well as the more than 9.5 percent GDP growth forecast by the IHS economist.

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And at the same time, it has a free hand to roll out new products and services on its own terms in the rest of the world outside China.

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