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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:25 PM

Message to America from China: "Be Nice To Countries That Lend You Money"

The Chinese seem to have decided that it is time they told Americans a few blunt truths. The website of Atlantic Monthly has an incisive and entertaining interview by James Fallows of Gao Xiqing, who manages $200 billion of China’s $2 trillion forex reserves...
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Friday, November 14, 2008 7:17 PM

Reverse Migration: Chinese Abandon Cities. And Indians?

The sharp economic slowdown in China has led to factory closures and layoffs. (Note to the CPM: what does that tell you about the state of labour rights in the workers' paradise?) The New York Times has a very good story on this. One part of the story...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:10 PM

A million Chinese in Africa

Fast Company magazine has done a detailed report on the Chinese presence in Africa. There has been a lot of debate on how resource-rich Africa is the new battleground for India and China. George Soros actually believes that India and China are the two...
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