And yet it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient.
It is China's extraordinary human resources that will lift it to its rightful destiny of leadership and widely held prosperity in the 21st century.
These days it is China that is stepping up defence spending, and the United Arab Emirates is set to field more advanced combat aircraft than the RAF.
But as should be no surprise, it is China that is emerging as a huge buyer of gold (this is according to a recent piece in CNBC).
It is China, xie xie, thank you very much.
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It is China's largest foreign takeover.
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As it is, China is gently loosening controls on yuan flows, but only a little.
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As it is, China is moving from an export driven economy to a more Western one that is geared to its local consumers.
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Although China is making it possible for Africans to visit, study and work in China, it is not asking, or requesting, other countries to emulate it or support its values.
Yet keenly as Shantou is feeling the region's pain, it is still China.
It is in China's interests to build confidence with its neighbours, reduce mutual strategic distrust with America and demonstrate its willingness to abide by global norms.
The iPhone has been available in China since 2009 through China Unicom and it is likely that China Telecom launches the iPhone 4S on its CDMA network early next year.
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Called Made in America, Again, it focused on China and concluded that by 2015 it will be just as cheap for companies to produce goods with a high labour content in the US as it is in China.
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With the rapid industrialization that has occurred in China, it is no surprise that China is now the largest market for machine tools in the world.
Japanese manufacturers are making less at home and more abroad, especially in China (Toshiba has just announced that it is shifting to China all production of television sets for the Japan market).
The stock market is more volatile in China than it is in the U.S., and interest rates in China are low, around 3.5 percent for deposit rates.
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The price of leather is what it is whether one is in China or the US, and the same is true most other costs.
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Chinese accession to World Trade Organization First, I think it is important for China to be a member of the World Trade Organization because China is a major economic power that will grow only larger over time.
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But compare China today with China in 1985 (the first year the country conducted comprehensive consumer surveys) and it is clear that China's growth has been rapid.
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.
Beyond the sheer size of the market, Kodak is keen on China because it is the one place in the world where it is clearly trouncing Fuji.
Although the majority of WeChat users are from China, it is the number of users from outside China that is growing at accelerated rate in the past couple of years.
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It is also a China distributor for Aerosoles of the U.S. and Aldo of Canada.
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The best way to look at it is to compare China to other markets.
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And it is not just China that has seen a jump in domestic demand.
Since then it is largely because China's unit labour costs have grown much faster than America's.
It is headquartered in China and orchestrates some 14, 000 factories in China and around the world.
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