Statistics from China's central bank show China had around 207 million credit cards in issue at the end of June, up 10% from the end of last year and more than quadruple the level at the end of 2006.

WSJ: Mastercard Sees Surge In China Credit-Card Use

The automaker will use the stand- or parts of it- at 10 other auto shows around the world this year, including the Shanghai Motor Show in China in April and Geneva show in March.

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China Daily says the report's claims that China began "using improperly drawn straight baseline claims" in September around disputed islands known as the Diaoyu in China and the Senkakus in Japan show that the US is taking Japan's side.

BBC: China media: Cyber espionage

China's leaders are at pains to show their increasing sophistication, so public dancing around the corpse of the American financier is frowned upon.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

Studies around the world in China, Japan, India, Germany, Puerto Rico, and New Zealand show comparable figures.

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