The idea that China will eventually take over as the dominant economy is not news to most economists.
"Environmental protection is a new idea in China, " says Li Yihui of the nation's Environmental Protection Bureau.
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He played down the idea of China as a rival, saying there was room for both countries here.
In a speech, Mr Greenspan challenged the idea that China's pegging of its currency against the dollar was harming US jobs.
The idea alarms many China-based businesses, which live or die based on whether they get the fastest, most accurate financial data and expert analysis.
In an attempt to alleviate the shortage, the Arbeitgeberverband Pflege, a health employer's union in Berlin, has come up with an idea -- enlisting nurses from China.
For less sanguine investors, the idea of going cap in hand to China smacked of desperation.
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Building an automotive components business in China was a fresh new idea that proved to be well ahead of a major trend.
Born in Hangzhou in 1964, Ma first made a name for himself with his idea to start an online directory called "China Pages, " widely regarded to be China's first internet-based company.
It may be a good idea to reposition your products or services when entering China.
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Analysts from the Chinese Academy of Social Science and China Development Research Center have proposed the idea of one-time 10% revaluation of the RMB.
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Her family balked at the idea, so she compromised and registered for fine china and servingware, to give some guests a traditional option, and the honeymoon, for friends who want to contribute to that experience.
Pessina, in particular, sees China and other Asian markets increasingly open to the idea of partnering with a larger player like Alliance Boots and Walgreen.
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The weak dollar has inspired a lot of rumor trading, including the idea that several Gulf states, along with Japan, Russia and China, are in talks to start pricing oil according to a basket of currencies.
And China's one-child policy was an entirely home-grown idea, although it had its foreign admirers.
Despite the mounting evidence, many have dismissed the idea that the United States is competing in a "clean energy race" with China, or that it matters.
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Nor, somewhat surprisingly, is the idea that Apple might just be tempted to release an iPhone that will work on the China Mobile network.
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Hutchison Managing Director Canning Fok liked that idea but also saw an opportunity to get in on sales of traditional Chinese medicine in China, a segment of the pharma business that had not yet opened up to foreign investment.
The idea that an Asian growth story, as per capita energy demand spikes, especially in China and India, has been used to support the argument that secular trends and market forces were in place to keep uranium prices rising.
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Analysts at ICAP Shipping Research in London shrug off the idea that there will be a glut, since shipments of cheap Australian coal and iron ore to China have for years been constrained by a lack of big ships.
Our first idea is Vodafone, which is the world's second-largest wireless company, second only to China Mobile.
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