China: We better start paying attention
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At the root of many of China's air-quality problems is its heavy dependence on relatively high-sulfur, low-quality coal for everything from electricity generation and industrial production to cooking...
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China now has the world's largest net-using population, say official figures. More than 253 million people in the country are now online, according to statistics from the China Internet Network...
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Since America ushered China into the World Trade Organization in 2002, Beijing's growth rate has been four times that of the United States, accelerating from an average 10 percent of gross domestic...
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China has slashed interest rates and cut the amount of money banks must set aside as reserves, as it attempts to bolster the economy in the face of the worldwide slowdown. Today's 1.08 percentage...
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For a while, it seemed China night be different. Maybe the unique factors that have allowed its economy to grow at an unprecedented rate for nearly 30 years would keep it afloat when the rest of the...
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China is now America's biggest creditor. As of March, it held $768 billion of Treasury securities -- about 10 percent of publicly traded debt. The U.S. needs China's money to finance U.S. budget...
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It has been clear for a decade that Chinese public figures overstate the country's growth rate, so that the apparent 16% growth in the second quarter of 2009 is largely fictional. Indeed, income tax...
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China's looming woman shortage: 5 possible consequencesAfter years of gender-based abortions, China is facing a huge surplus of young men. Will that mean more crime, more homosexuality — or even a war...
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Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the...
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Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global...
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China Builds A Different Kind Of Carrier Air Wing by James DunniganFebruary 17, 2011China has two aircraft carriers (Shi Lang and "Carrier F") under construction, with one going to sea by next...
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Most people that grow up in the U.S. have two foreign language choices in schools: Spanish or French. Occasionally, you'll meet a few people that studied Latin. But these days, those languages are...
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One such challenge is widespread corruption. By definition, corruption doesn't easily lend itself to close study. Its perpetrators are rarely interested in anyone studying their activities. Few...
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