"They may all look alike on the outside from an external perspective, but the fact of the matter is there are over 2, 000 different ways of expressing Amishness in terms of daily practice, " said co-author Don Kraybill, senior fellow at Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.

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From a medium-term perspective, while slowing external demand and rising domestic production costs will continue to pose headwinds for Chinese exports, some encouraging developments lead to the ongoing optimism on China, even if it is more subdued.

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