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.
But it is also a chance for China to show it can exercise its new influence responsibly.
What better way for China to show that it is sincere about its peaceful rise than to take the lead?
These include events in Guangzhou and Chengdu, as well as the main China auto show that is held every year, alternating between Beijing and Shanghai.
"The specimens from China that show wings are dinosaurs that are more closely related to birds, " explained Darla Zelenitsky of the University of Calgary in Canada, lead author on the research.
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.
So if, for instance, its numbers show China's share of world Internet users is half what the CIA's numbers show, Net Applications would count each Chinese browser in its data twice.
He, too, had a barrage of facts to show China is bringing benefits to Africa.
China wants to show that it has emerged as an independent space power.
Many are hoping the China data will show improvement following the recent monetary stimulus measures from the Chinese central bank.
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Media coverage of local industrial pollution problems is encouraged by the government of China, to show that they care about the environment.
Unlike in the US and Europe, people in China do not show off their houses, which tend to be relatively small on a global basis.
According to some reports, at the meeting Zhu expressed his appreciation for the American decision and sought to show China's determination and sincerity to reach an overall agreement.
Projections by Asian Demographics, a research organisation, show China's total population, which hit 1.3 billion in January, inching up to 1.31 billion in 2019 and declining rapidly thereafter.
All of this is designed to show that China is different from colonial powers.
At last year's Dubai Air Show, China demonstrated its L-15 trainer jet for the first time.
Latest statistics from IT research company Canalys show that China has overtaken the US in smartphones sales.
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And no doubt about it, China investors want that show to go on.
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The new provisions "show that China is moving in the right direction, " notes Nihal Jayawickrama, a law lecturer at Hong Kong University.
In new passports, China's maps show the two areas as Chinese territory.
Industry data show that China imported about 61, 000 tons last year.
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The screen is on show at the the FPD International Green Device 2010 trade-show in China, and is displayed naked alongside versions in a prototype "e-reader" and a small notebook.
In fact, China has also been pulled into the situation with the Chinese government censoring all media coverage and cracking down on social media sites after some groups in China called for a show of support for the movements in the Middle East.
THIRD, China has systematically devalued the juan in response to QE2 creating the dawn of inflation as we are beginning to see now and will soon see in the US. The recent interest rate increase in China has yet to show signs of curbing inflation.
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The China correspondent for the public radio show Marketplace tracked down the interpreter that Daisey hired when he visited Shenzhen China.
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China's leaders will want to show the world the progress they have made and give their people greater confidence that China will make it to the top rank of nations, thus consolidating the leaders' legitimacy.
China demanded that Australia not show a film about a Uighur leader in exile in America.
Such improvements show how rapidly China's own retailers can catch up with the best of the foreign chains.
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