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  • August 2008

    • China Faces Rocky Road in Keeping Up Growth

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 25, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      China Faces Rocky Road in Keeping Up Growth

      (Newser) - The opulence of the Beijing Olympics highlighted just how far China has come since opening its economy 30 years ago—it soon will be the world’s third largest. But with the success comes a plethora of challenges, reports the Wall Street Journal. And chief among them is how to maintain the phenomenal growth. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Henry Paulson  • global economy  • Chinese economy  • boom economy

    • Saigon Buries War Past

      Travel Leisure  |  Aug 19, 08 12:21 PM CDT

      Saigon Buries War Past

      (Newser) - It looks like Saigon, “the Paris of the East,” can't wait to ditch its colorful culture and tumultuous history for a shining capitalist future, Peter Jon Lindberg writes in Travel + Leisure . Officially Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese “cosmopolis,” 8 million strong, boasts the world's fastest-growing retail market, with high-rises and reclamation projects replacing its once "singular sense of place." More »

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      travel  • Vietnam  • globalization  • Vietnam War  • boom economy  • expatriates

  • July 2008
  • March 2008

    • Strike Cripples German Airports

      Associated Press  |  Mar 5, 08 7:23 AM CST

      Strike Cripples German Airports

      (Newser) - Thousands of German airport workers have walked off the job on the first day of a strike, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations across Europe's largest country. Frankfurt International Airport, a key European hub, was picketed by more than 2,000 employees from baggage handlers to check-in counter workers and even firefighters, reports AP. In a coordinated action, Berlin's subway, tram, and bus workers began their own 10-day strike. More »

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      Germany  • strike  • airport  • Berlin  • labor unions  • flight cancellation  • BMW  • transit strike  • tax fraud  • boom economy

  • February 2008

    • India, China Growth Breaks Western Mold

      Boston Review  |  Feb 3, 08 7:33 AM CST

      India, China Growth Breaks Western Mold

      (Newser) - Conventional wisdom chalks up the economic booms in China and India to their moves toward global capitalism in the '90s. It's a comforting thought for the West, writes Pranab Bardhan in the Boston Review , but the truth is far more complex. The astounding growth in both countries started well before recent market reforms. Bardhan re-evaluates the well-worn myths surrounding the past, present, and future of these economic giants. More »

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      China  • India  • democracy  • economics  • authoritarianism  • boom economy  • urbanization  • inequality

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