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Listen to the Audio As part of his ongoing reports on Making Sense of financial news, business and economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the pros and cons of a massive infusion of Chinese capital into Greece. JIM LEHRER: Finally tonight, one more snapshot from "NewsHour" economic correspondent Paul Solman's recent trip to Greece. Tonight, he reports on what's behind China's growing ...
China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. By some measures it has already moved to second place after the... China - Japan - Asia - Economy - Military
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As the world hurtles toward 2 billion cars, an increasingly important issue for the climate will be this: How will China's citizens get to work? With their rising incomes and access to freshly paved roads, many will be tempted to emulate Americans and buy cars . Some will ride the gleaming rail networks funded by Beijing. But in the past two years, China has also become the world's fastest ...
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BEIJING -- The White House dispatched 200 dignitaries to China's capital for relationship-cementing talks this week, a number that bespeaks a world order rapidly turning upside down. From China's threefold economic growth in a decade to today's swarms of five-star hotels and six-figure autos, it is a cliché to say that the world has never before seen anything like this juggernaut.
Two popcorn makers stand at the exit of the Pavilion, to show the importance of the province as an area of agriculture, lying in the Golden Corn Belt. Each visitor can get a free cup of popcorn. The pavilion also has a 1:1 model of the controlling cabin of a multiple-unit train with two VIP seats. "The custom-made seats are the only two in China, costing 150,000 yuan (22,000 dollars) each ...
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China is spending mountains of money to expand its country's high-speed railway network and manufacture the world's fastest trains. But do its ambitions in the railway sector justify how these goals are being pursued - and the risks they might ultimately pose?
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( Columbia University Medical Center ) Annual heart disease and stroke rates in China will rise by up to 73 percent by 2030, given an aging population and other increased risk factors, without policies and prevention efforts aimed at controlling blood pressure and smoking, according to research from Columbia University Medical Center published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ...
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Zeljko Zaic, a leathery-skinned surveyor at a Chinese-backed mining company, stands atop a sun- scorched ridge in the Australian Outback and kicks a lump of red iron ore lying on the trail.
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