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China’s economy will surpass US within 4 years

Source: Salon, Nov 9 2012, 9:34am CST

China’s economy will overtake the U.S. as the biggest in the world by as soon as 2016, according to leading think tank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). GDP growth forecasts, released by the ...

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Million doses of fake aspirin from China seized in France

Source: Bangkok Post  |   May 25 2013, 4:49pm CDT

French customs officers have seized 1.2 million doses of counterfeit aspirin from China, the biggest haul of fake medicines ever in France and the EU, the economy ministry announced Saturday. A bottle of generic aspirin seen on M ...

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Taiwan slashes GDP growth forecast to 2.4%

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 25 2013, 4:39pm CDT

TAIPEI: Taiwan has slashed its 2013 economic growth outlook, showing increased concern that lacklustre global demand poses a threat to the island’s pivotal tech exports to China and the United States. The government chopped ...

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28 weeks ago


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Asia's arms purchases are small relative to GDP

Source: SCMP  |   May 25 2013, 4:03pm CDT

A big rise in defence spending by China's neighbours could easily be interpreted as an arms race to counter Beijing's military expansion. Increased tension over territorial disputes in the East and South China seas and along t ...

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Malaysians among world’s economic Pollyannas, says US pollster

Source: The Malaysian Insider  |   May 25 2013, 12:28am CDT

The survey found that Malaysians were among those “least troubled with inequality”. — File picKUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― Malaysians are among the most upbeat people in the world about the economy, believing the state’s coffers to be robust ...

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North Korean envoy indicates interest in nuclear discussion

Source: Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer  |   May 25 2013, 12:12am CDT

In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, second left, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Kore ...

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Taiwan chops 2013 growth forecast to 2.4%

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   May 24 2013, 6:22pm CDT

TAIPEI: Taiwan slashed its 2013 economic growth outlook yesterday, showing deepening concern that lacklustre global demand is crimping pivotal tech exports to China and the United States. The government cut to 2.4% from ...

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Asia's Week: China Still on (Economic) Flu Watch

Source: Forbes  |   May 24 2013, 5:53pm CDT

Assuming Beijing officials indeed can manage various major transitions in the nation without financial upheaval or violent conflict, the question is likely to be what rate of growth will be tolerated during a shift toward mo ...

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The Containment Fallacy: China and the TPP

Source: Brookings Institution  |   May 24 2013, 2:28pm CDT

In recent commentary for the Financial Times, David Pilling argues that the central objective of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations is the exclusion of China. In his view, the desire to build an “anyone but China” c ...

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Checking The Math On Global Equity Prices, China Growth, The French Economy And Gold

Source: Seeking Alpha  |   May 24 2013, 1:26pm CDT

In 300 BCE, Euclid developed the concept of mathematical “proofs” using deductive reasoning to uncover truth. Several thousand years later, in his search for economic truth, Grant Williams, portfolio manager and strategy adviser for Singapo ...

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