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China Rising

China Rising

China’ economic emergence mirror’s America’s rise and how it was perceived by Britain at the height of the industrial revolution more than a century ago.

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China, Rare Earths, and Green Technology

While I am not a specialist in green technology, I could not help but be depressed by an article in the New York Times Tuesday about China’s rare earth minerals and metals.   The Times and many other papers announced Tuesday that China which “currently accounts for 93 percent of production of so-called rare earth elements” […]

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Is China trying to screw the EU?

Is this WTO complaint taken by China against the EU regarding the importation of screws the first sign of an increasingly aggrssive Chinese attitude towards the EU regarding trade? With China being the only major economy with postive economic growth, it is less likely to kowtow to the rules of its trading partners.

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