By 2015, 100 million Chinese will travel abroad, a benchmark originally forecast for 2020, according to the UNWTO.

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By this benchmark, Groupon scores well, just below Facebook and Renren, a Chinese social network with a listing in America (see chart).

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There was also some interest-rate liberalization as Chinese banks are now allowed to lend at a discount of up to 20% below the benchmark, compared with a previous floor of 10%.

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