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16 unusual cavesWell photographed collection with some details about each cave.
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China to be 3rd biggest wind power producer: mediaChina is set to become the world's third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom.
Murray Peat
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Op-Ed Columnist - Chinese New Year - NYTimes.com......but that would be good, not bad, for U.S. competitiveness and employment. So if the Chinese do dump dollars, we should send them a thank-you note.
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Rare earth materials: An elemental challengefor China and the worldThough rare earth elements are not, geologically speaking, all that rare, they are still largely unknown to the general public. That, however, could be about to change. The likes of lanthanum and holmium could soon be names as familiar to us as gold and oil. The explanation is scarcity. Global ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Concern as China clamps down on rare earth exportsBritain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a host of green technologies, amid growing evidence that China, which has a monopoly on global production, is set to choke off exports of valuable compounds. Failure to ...
Giorgio Bertini
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The world in 2010: China continues its unstoppable economic chargeChina and six other South-east Asian countries yesterday toasted the inauguration of the biggest free trade area in the world, when the Association of South East Asian Nations, or Asean-6, was formally launched. Covering nearly 2 billion people in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Asia’s free-trade zone raises hopes, some fearsWhen the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, China and 10 Southeast Asian nations ushered in the world’s third-largest free-trade area. While many industries are eager for tariffs to fall on everything from textiles and rubber to vegetable oils and steel, a few are nervously waiting to ...
Giorgio Bertini
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China economy to grow 9.5% in 2010China's economy is likely to grow 9.5 percent in 2010, topping last year's expected figure, as real estate investment buoys growth and inflation remains mild, a leading state thinktank said in a report published on Friday
Giorgio Bertini
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A wealthier India and China - good for world's innovatorst may not feel that way right now, but the past 10 years may go down in world history as a big success. That idea may be hard to accept in the Competitive economies of the world More on Financial crisis Trade-friendly economies US. After all, it was the decade of 9/11, the wars in Iraq and ...
Giorgio Bertini
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China Property Bubble May Lead to U.S.-Style Real Estate Slump - BusinessWeek“Once the bubble pops, our economic growth will stop,” warns Yi Xianrong, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Finance Research Center. On Dec. 27, China Premier Wen Jiabao told news agency Xinhua that “property prices have risen too quickly.” He pledged a crackdown on speculators....
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