Western governments are clearly eager not to antagonise China, even if they chafe at its foot-dragging.
If it continued to expand at this pace, China might grab around one-quarter of world exports within ten years.
Similarly, if China trails India in IT services at present, its recent investments in the industry suggest it does not plan to lag for long.
If China were building infrastructure projects in triplicate, it might portend that China was overbuilding at a faster pace than Dubai.
"China's economy is growing at three times the rate of the West, and if that growth continues, China will become the largest economy in the world within the next couple of decades, " Mr Schwarzman said in a statement ahead of the funds launch on Sunday.
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If economic growth carries on at the current rate in China, it will require up to 1, 000 gigawatts of new electricity generation in China.
More importantly, the producers of metals will need to do some intense math going forward even if they still realize a profit on shipments to China at the moment.
If real GDP in China and America continued to grow at the same annual average pace as over the past ten years (10.5% and 1.7% respectively) and nothing else changed, China's GDP would overtake America's in 2022.
He also argues that this week's move can be seen as an effort to foster more trade (as there surely would be if China were to ease its export restrictions) at a time when trade is in a great deal of trouble.
Jackson thinks that if Chanos actually went to China, he might be pleasantly surprised at the state of the economy and the housing market.
If you look at a comparison of price-to-earnings in China to those in emerging markets, you have to go back to 2006 to find that ratio as low as it is today.
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But if the manufacturing is leaving China surely that must mean more jobs back at home?
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"If there was a problem at a site, she would fly from Singapore to China the next day to solve it, " says analyst Loh.
Jong-Wha Lee and Kiseok Hong of the Asian Development Bank project that if China continues its structural reforms, it has the potential to grow at 7 percent in 2011-2020 and 6.23 percent in 2021-2030.
"I'm convinced that if we work at it, that we will be able to convince India and China that it is in their interest to be part of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, " McCain said.
And frankly, there were some folks who were members of the G8 who were upset with me about that determination, but realistically you can't coordinate world economic issues if you don't have China and Brazil and India and South Africa at the table -- and Mexico.
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They've done a spectacular job for their clients and we continue--we're very excited about, one, we're excited about the region and two, we're excited to have a team of that quality doing real, on the ground research throughout China, which is, now, if you sort of look at the larger Chinese market, it's the second-largest market in the world, and there just aren't--there are many more world-class U.S. teams than there are world-class Chinese teams.
If wages continued to rise at this pace, it would mark a hairpin turn in China's labour market.
Our goal was, if we are going to do it, to be at least No. 1 in China and seek a world ranking.
If they are successful, China may earn returns on its investment abroad as well as at home.
Of course, if Europe and China continue to falter, this would present a headwind to growth here at home.
At the end of of 2011, China energy majors Sinopec (SNP) and Cnooc (CEO) have expressed interest in acquiring a 30% stake in privately held Texas-based fracking company Frac Tech International to operate in the U.S. If that deal ever closed, China would gain the necessarily expertise to pursue shale gas exploration at home.
However, far more dysprosium relative to neodymium is required than occurs naturally in the REE ores, meaning that another source of dysprosium must be found if hybrid cars are to be manufactured at a seriously advancing rate. 97% of REEs come from China, and it appears that China will run out of dysprosium within 15 years, or sooner if demand continues to soar.
Nick Cucinella, CEO at CareerBuilder China, advises graduates to have a CV in both English and Chinese, even if they don't speak the language, and that taking the initiative and targeting prospective employers and Chinese companies is the best path to a job.
The right-hand chart, from the World Bank's latest China Quarterly Update, shows GDP growth relative to its estimated potential growth rate if the economy operated at full capacity.
Mr. Wen said government debt remained at a manageable level and that conservative budgeting in previous years means China is well positioned to do more if necessary.
China turned into a significant exporter to the US. Normally, if free-market economic forces were at work, the renminbi would have appreciated and the US dollar would have declined.
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