Now, if you are firmly in the camp that China is going to hell in a handbasket, then you would naturally assume that the importers and the government are in cahoots and lying about those numbers.
Yuan Ling, reporter for Chinese magazine Lens, is challenging the Liaoning government's rebuttal of his expose on alleged torture at the Maisanjia women's labour camp, says South China Morning Post.
Although foreign visitors in China mostly camp at international four- and five-stars, locals, who fill the lion's share of beds at the country's 10, 000 hotels and inns, end up at far more downscale spots, which run the gamut from overpriced state-owned dormitories to privately run love shacks.
Executives, meanwhile, admit that the boot-camp approach that serves so well in China may not suit less deferential workers elsewhere.
Analysts say that Laos, also bankrolled by China, is in its camp.
Of course, a growth rate of 7% is hardly a disaster, and Rothman still counts himself firms in the optimist camp when it comes to investing in China, provided you back the right horse.
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Several years ago, some Wal-Mart stores in China set up a children's camp for summer and winter school breaks.
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By cosying up to Maoists, some reckon, Mr Bo could be unleashing forces that make China even less tolerant of the beleaguered liberal camp.
One camp sees emerging markets going in a new direction, perhaps inspired by China's remarkable growth spurt and its mix of government control and market forces.
Referees were put through an anticorruption boot camp in March, and perhaps feeling the pressure to show results, China's national team in February scored a shocking 3-0 victory over Korea in the East Asian Men's Soccer Championship in Tokyo.
Chinese staff visited the Yankees' camp, and Yankee coaches, scouts and player-development and training personnel will go to China to help open some clubhouse doors.
They did on South China Sea already, with Senkakus, only the next is to invade Okinawa where US camp is.
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China has allowed police to detain people for up to four years in the labor-camp system without an open trial, the Shanghai Daily reported.
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