If there is one thing African states can learn through China, it is how to imagine their own future, explore new possibilities, and engage with the rest of the world while retaining control over the conditions of those engagements.
Looking ahead, China is likely to meet its growth targets, but it is not clear how rapidly China will re-balance its pattern of growth.
Considering the giant consumer of materials that is China, it is easy to see how a report which confirms that growth is still robust could spur commodities prices higher.
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Cendant's Super 8 budget entry knows that it, too, needs local know-how in China and figures its franchising model is the way to get it.
For a newcomer to China, it is also a reminder of how rapidly this country has grown, and how much disposable income at least some people have.
China is giving some indication of just how far it's willing to go to fight global warming.
It is unclear, officially, how China's stance has affected nations who have said they are not attending the award ceremony.
Yet it is a mistake to overlook just how far China has come.
Its failure now supports the opposite stance: that China is getting pickier about what projects it supports and how that support plays out.
As debates over whether or how China should internationalize its currency, the renminbi, rage on, it is striking to see what remains missing from the dialogue: Africa.
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But it sends a mixed signal as to how involved Burger King is in the China market.
The life insurance industry is an interesting one in China because it is, in essence, another piece of the puzzle that may ultimately explain how China will make the transition from an economy led by exports and government investment, to one that that is led by consumption and investment by the private sector.
It is hard to know just how the technology will make its way back to China in the years ahead.
One Minnesota manufacturer that imports materials to China for production and then ships the finished goods back to the U.S. is contemplating how it can save on its exorbitant shipping costs and estimates that producing in the U.S. will actually save it approximately 25% of the overall cost of each piece.
But many are frustrated how difficult it is to get a green card, so they leave for Brazil, India or China and help power those emerging economies.
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