The University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business has received a sharp uptick in interest from China, particularly for its relatively young master's degrees in finance and accounting.
What of a sharp slowdown in America or even China later this year and next?
The issue came into sharp relief in 2011, when China's food-safety inspectors discovered in pork products from a Shuanghui subsidiary the chemical clenbuterol, which speeds muscle growth in pigs but can cause headache, nausea and an irregular heartbeat when consumed by humans.
All of the water problems of northern China seem to come into sharp focus here, 70 miles from the Yellow River, and even closer to the desert.
Moore, has discovered that 58, 000 of the hackable video boxes, all of which use firmware provided by the Guangdong, China-based firm Ray Sharp, are accessible via the Internet.
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"As a result of adverse publicity from the poultry supply situation in mid-December, China KFC sales experienced a sharp decline, " David Novak, chief executive of Yum said in a statement.
China simply can't afford a sharp drop in housing prices because it will affect investment, which will in turn damp economic growth, Mr. Ren says.
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In China, stocks continued to recover from Monday's sharp drop - a fall brought about by Beijing's new measures to control the property market.
Many resource-sector stocks in the region ended lower on a sharp recent sell-off in commodities, and concerns about demand from China, concerns made worse by the March trade data.
Other economists, however, argue that America can sustain its large current-account deficit for at least another decade, without a sharp fall in the dollar, because it will be happily financed by China and other Asian countries.
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When I was in China in June and July, it seemed just about everyone expected a sharp slowdown.
The sharp decline in iPhone 4S sales could inspire Apple to bring the iPhone 5 to China much sooner than anticipated.
One of the main reasons was a sharp decline in new export orders, with manufacturers blaming slacker demand in Europe and China.
International health experts have commended China on its transparency in reporting the spread of the virus, in sharp contrast to its handling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, when 8, 096 people were infected worldwide and 744 died.
This morning, smaller China Sunergy added to the fun, with a weak Q2 report and a sharp reduction in full year shipment guidance.
But although households account for a large part of China's exalted national saving rate, they were not responsible for the sharp rise in national thrift since 2000.
Latest census figures revealed last month showed China's population grew to 1.34 billion people by 2010, with a sharp rise in those over 60.
The reaction was sharp in part because it came on the heels of the suspension of an unrelated company, Hong Kong-listed China Forestry Holdings, for accounting irregularities.
The split with other central banks is not an ideological rift so much as an acknowledgment of China's very different economic reality, where even a moderate policy loosening last year led to a sharp rise in credit issuance, a pick-up in growth and, lately, the threat of inflation.
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