For the dining room, Wright devised a china-dish pattern and low-back chairs so as not to obstruct views of the gardens.
The experts, the people who are looking very closely at China's trade pattern, are thinking that their surplus may be about the same next year as it is this year.
One of the academics, Wang Feng, director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy, argues that China's demographic pattern had already changed dramatically by the time the one-child policy began in 1980.
Its 400-year-old synagogue is decorated with blue-and-white willow pattern tiles from China.
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Looking ahead, China is likely to meet its growth targets, but it is not clear how rapidly China will re-balance its pattern of growth.
It was easy to see a mutually beneficial pattern for commerce between China and the U.S. in 1985, when I moved to the PRC and started my China-centric career.
This pattern has been especially noticeable in China, but this has been repeated all over the world in the majority of territories.
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Look for this pattern to continue in 2013 as China continues to wean itself from the U.S. dollar and to diversify its holdings to include a larger basket of currencies, as well as hard assets in Europe, the United States, South America and Africa.
Some economists argue that the pattern actually benefits both the US and China.
Although the Sars epidemic has disturbed the pattern, the long-term trend shows that China is one of the fastest growing Japanese tourist destinations.
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With new leaders in South Korea, Japan and China, North Korea's nuclear test also fits another longtime pattern of a undertaking a provocative act early in the tenure of other political leaders, then following it with steps to smooth relations in hopes of persuading the others to provide financial aid and other assistance.
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