Aluminum Corp. of China and Jiangxi Copper each finished down 1.2%, and Angang Steel fell 0.5%.

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Hu Angang of Tsinghua University estimates that half of Chinese growth per person in 1978-98 can be attributed to the increase in capital stock per head.

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"China and the world by 2030", by Hu Angang.

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Another report by Chinese and international experts led by China CDC deputy director Yang Gonghuan and Tsinghua professor Hu Angang projects that the deaths attributable to tobacco in China will rise to 3.5 million per year by 2030.

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