Meanwhile, HSBC's preliminary or "flash" reading of China manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index showed Monday that activity improved in April from levels seen in March, but remained below the threshold of 50, indicating a contraction.
This reading follows the official China government PMI reported Wednesday, which was also down from the previous month.
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If you still want to go to China after reading this book, you are ready to move on to the next book on the list.
The New York Times has an article on changing labor conditions in China that is worth reading.
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Stocks benefited from better-than-expected economic data in China, a strong reading on German economic sentiment and an improvement in a gauge of New York manufacturing activity.
The British Museum does not currently have space for a big travelling show (it had to seek special permission from English Heritage to use the old Reading Room for the recent exhibition from China).
The preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 48.1 in June compared with a final reading of 48.4 in May, strengthening the case for further policy steps aimed at boosting China's growth.
I've done a lot of reading back into the 1990s and you find in both China in the late 1990s and Russia, as well as in France, where the French foreign minister famously referred to the United States as the hyperpower.
In January, China's National Bureau of Statistics released an official Gini coefficient reading for the first time in ten years.
Rick, have you been reading over at my blog, just kidding here but not many covered the China Gate story and I caught it too when it was happening and yes the insurers are investing heavy in technology, United has been doing this for a long time and made several acquisitions last year alone.
If you want to know whether China really has "turned the corner" on inflation, those are the tea leaves worth reading.
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