As for the possibility that China could one day become a net importer of rare earths, this is a potential problem for China but not in the way Beijing's chronic resource mercantilists might fear.
Thomas Friedman is famous for musing that he wishes America could be China for a day.
China may one day help curb Pyongyang, but not now and maybe not even next decade.
The worries about what China might one day do are partly based on Soviet-era propaganda.
In 30 years, according to official projections, the density will exceed that of present-day China.
Earlier in the day China announced it is dropping its reserve requirement ratio for banks by 0.5%.
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But might China itself one day think it wise to rewrite the law?
Rather than grousing about being copied, the West might instead worry about the day China stops looking to us for models.
Some day China may overtake Taiwan as a producer of semiconductors, but for now it remains a high-volume, low-end producer of cheap consumer goods.
"If there was a problem at a site, she would fly from Singapore to China the next day to solve it, " says analyst Loh.
China may one day come to regret spurning his moderating influence.
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Xian's judo joy lifted the mood for China on a day when basketball icon Yao warned his days in the national team could be numbered after losing to Spain.
Our assumptions about modern-day China have been sorely tested in the last year, and we need to begin thinking of the national security implications of our economic relations with Beijing.
When compared with its Asian rivals (consider that the press covers events in China almost every day), Korea is known more for the hijinks of its Northern rival in North Korea.
Chang Mai straddles one of Asia's great crossroads - a southern spur of the Silk Road - fusing commerce and culture between points farther north and west in modern-day China, Laos and Myanmar.
Famine and persecution of Teo Chew Chinese from the Chaozhou area in present-day China led to several waves of arrivals, who settled near the Chao Phraya River, which today slices through the west of the city.
Speaking of cost, sometime last year the notion began to circulate that China will one day become a net importer of the rare earth minerals for which it currently provides 90% of the global supply.
Rather like present-day China, in fact.
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Meanwhile, the respective strengths and weaknesses of literature written inside and outside China remain logically self-evident: those in the West enjoy greater freedom to write about politics and the recent past, while those in China have the day-to-day experience to write about the present.
China has five of the world's 10 most polluted cities, and on an average day in China's major cities, 75 percent of the residents are breathing unclean air.
By some accounts there are five new movie theaters opening every day in China.
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One company in Georgia is exporting 2 million pairs of disposable chopsticks a day to China.
The Shanghaist blog had some color commentary on the commemorative day in China tech retail history.
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One day before China's big moment, the Olympic opening ceremonies, a dull haze hung over Beijing.
Some observers expect an announcement this week because a weeklong public holiday begins Oct. 1, China's National Day.
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Pricing will be fixed on Oct. 1, China's National Day, and trading in the stock kicks off on Oct. 5.
Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film Django Unchained has been cancelled in cinemas across China on its opening day due to "technical reasons".
There are millions and millions of yuan being spent every day in China by all these companies trying to get your attention.
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The Chinese currency's 0.28% fall on August 15th was its biggest in a day since China revalued the yuan in July 2005.
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