Add to this a proposed pipeline to carry Turkmen gas to eastern China, and Central Asia could be fuelling China's economy soon.

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The so-called Bric countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China, they're the ones fuelling the world's growth and indeed they're fuelling our growth here at JCB.

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Greater meat consumption by the newly rich in China and other developing countries is also fuelling demand for grain, because livestock consume large quantities of feed.

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American downturns have often caused the prices of oil and other raw materials to slump, but this time China's surging demand is propping up prices and fuelling booms in Brazil, Russia and the Middle East.

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Thanks to a closed capital account (even if cracks are appearing) and government control over domestic banks, China has been able to buy vast quantities of dollars without fuelling inflation.

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China's growing wealth, and its obsession with celebrity culture, is fuelling the increase.

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The fact is that economic activity is fuelling the growth of local private firms and SOEs simultaneously with foreign multinationals expanding their operations in China.

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China's economy grew by 10.7% in the first nine months of the year, fuelling worries about overheating.

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