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  • July 2008

    • China's Economy Will Dwarf US

      newser  |  AFP  |  Jul 9, 08 7:33 AM CDT

      China's Economy Will Dwarf US

      China is the world's economic superpower of the future and will dwarf the financial might of the US, according to a new study by an American research organization. China's economy will surpass the US economy by 2035—and be more than double its size by 2050, predicts the report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. More »

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      China  • US economy  • United Nations  • World Bank  • International Monetary Fund  • Chinese economy  • Chinese Communist party

    • Mother Nature's Wrath Creates Prosperity

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jul 8, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      Mother Nature's Wrath Creates Prosperity

      Casualties aside, natural disasters may not be so devastating after all. Catastrophes like the recent earthquake in China destroy old buildings and roads, making way for new and improved infrastructure that may not have been created otherwise and pumping cash into the economy. In the long term, updated technology and efficiencies have the potential to create a more productive economy, reports the Boston Globe . More »

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      economy  • flood  • natural disaster  • China earthquake  • hurricane  • Chinese economy  • rebuilding

  • June 2008

    • Chinese, Enjoying New Clout, Chide US on Fiscal Policy

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 8:16 AM CDT

      Chinese, Enjoying New Clout, Chide US on Fiscal Policy

      As the US economy struggles and its own booms, China is reveling in its newfound self-confidence, blasting American fiscal policy, the New York Times reports, and flaunting its own regulatory successes. Chinese officials have recently taken the US to task over the subprime mortgage crisis, the weakening dollar, and “discriminatory” attitudes toward foreign investment, showing unusual bravado in the run-up to today’s economic talks between the countries. More »

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      China  • US economy  • Henry Paulson  • Chinese economy

    • Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      newser  |  Slate  |  Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT

      Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      At least 10 million high school students in China are taking the grueling gaokao , or "high test," to win a coveted spot at college. It’s a two-day ordeal that covers everything students have learned for a dozen years. It also shuts down neighborhoods, redirects traffic, and determines which kids grab the 5.7 million university openings available in 2009. More »

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      China  • economy  • education  • university  • Chinese economy  • tests  • educational testing

  • May 2008

    • For Chinese Companies, US Is Prime Real Estate

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 5, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      For Chinese Companies, US Is Prime Real Estate

      For years, American investors have hungrily flocked to China’s massive market, but now the money’s flowing the other way, too, the Los Angeles Time s reports. China invested $9.8 billion in the US in 2007, and not all in big government buys either. With real-estate and other costs fairly low and many states keen to create new jobs, small businesses are finding a good fit. More »

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      China  • investment  • Chinese economy  • international trade  • US-China trade deficit

  • April 2008

    • Skyrocketing Yuan Hits Benchmark

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 10, 08 2:34 PM CDT

      Skyrocketing Yuan Hits Benchmark

      For the first time since China unpegged its currency from America’s in 2005, a dollar bought less than 7 yuan at closing today in Beijing, the New York Times reports. Western countries protested for years the yuan was undervalued; its meteoric rise means Chinese goods are getting more expensive in the US—raising inflation fears. More »

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      Henry Paulson  • US dollar  • weak dollar  • global economy  • yuan  • Chinese economy  • US imports

  • January 2008

    • China Braces for Fallout of Labor Law

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jan 1, 08 2:21 PM CST

      China Braces for Fallout of Labor Law

      Olympus, Nike, and other manufacturers operating on low margins may close up shop in China after the government’s new labor law protecting workers comes into effect today, reports Bloomberg. The law improves worker security, limits overtime, sets minimum wages, and makes it more difficult to hire temporary workers, among other provisions. It "will definitely raise our costs," says one electronics manufacturer's rep. More »

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      China  • labor  • Chinese economy  • labor relations

  • December 2007

    • 2007: Asia's Banner Year

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Dec 24, 07 2:19 PM CST

      2007: Asia's Banner Year

      Asia's economies are soaring so mightily that Bloomberg columnist William Pesek is passing out awards for Asia's big players in 2007. They range from a “Money Talks” prize, for Arab and Asian leaders who bailed out Wall Street banks, to the “Howard's End” trophy, for Australian PM Kevin Rudd's brave embrace of the Kyoto Protocol. "Yet the biggest news was a not-so-subtle shift in Asia's role in global markets," Pesek writes. More »

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      US economy  • subprime mortgages  • India  • Australia  • Thailand  • Asia  • Kevin Rudd  • Chinese economy

  • September 2007

    • Recalls Will Increase 'Made in China' Prices

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 9, 07 10:44 AM CDT

      Recalls Will Increase 'Made in China' Prices

      Following a series of high-profile toy recalls and international criticism over China's export standards, the the cost of merchandise bearing the "Made in China" is expected to rise at least 10% in the next year, the LA Times reports. "For American consumers, the big China sale over the last 20 years is over," says one economist. More »

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      China  • exports  • recall  • toy recalls  • Chinese economy  • foreign labor  • labor costs

  • August 2007

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