Tag: globalization
member name: Helen W.
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August 02, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
I am writing a book about the emerging middle class in China, which in eighteen years will reach 766 million - the total size of the six most powerful nations of today! I am going to China for the next . . .
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April 17, 2008 01:37 AM EDT --
Like thousands of people who went to see the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, I was deeply disappointed by not seeing a single flame. Later, I watched the videos of the live reports on Youtube. My . . .
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October 16, 2007 12:48 AM EDT --
According to a recent The Economist article, this year, for the first time, China is contributing more to global GDP growth (measured at market exchange rates) than the United States. China and other emerging . . .
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October 02, 2007 03:09 PM EDT --
The New York Times ran a series of articles “Choking on Growth,” citing many severe environmental damages that accompanied China’s unparalleled growth.
One of the more startling problems . . .
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April 21, 2008 12:41 AM EDT --
A recent McKinsey Global Institute report "Preparing for China's Urban Billion" says that the country's unprecedented urbanization will continue over the next 20 years, and its urban . . .
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March 23, 2008 08:26 PM EDT --
In writing my book on the middle class in China, I am trying to understand China 's legal reform and its implications. Xu Zhen-Xiao, who has a law degree from Xiamen University and is a senior researcher . . .
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October 08, 2007 10:56 PM EDT --
Someone forwarded me an article "China's Illusory Middle Class Market" by BusinessWeek a while ago, questioning that whether there is middle class in China and if it changes anything at all. . . .
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February 21, 2008 05:54 PM EST --
People often ask me about the definition of the Chinese middle class. To me, it's simple: the middle class are people who are not poor or rich, who have disposable incomes to consume, and who can follow . . .
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February 21, 2008 05:59 PM EST --
Since my last post about the definition of the Chinese middle class was considered " all too simple ," I dug out a comprehensive study : Emergence of the Chinese middle class and its implications. . . .
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