The Chinese have clearly grasped the significance of the relationship between information and center of gravity.
And the Chinese have it better than people in much poorer countries, like Bangladesh and Ethiopia.
The Chinese have also shown that they want to resolve tensions through regional dialogue.
The Chinese have already constructed several dams across the upper reaches of the Mekong within China.
But now the Chinese have learned the ropes, they have also become more proactive.
These arguments help to explain why the Chinese have so far ignored American demands to revalue their currency.
In recent years the Chinese have been able to travel abroad more freely to study and acquire skills.
While Americans have consumed their way into a deep hole, the Chinese have just begun to open their wallets.
While Americans view imitation with disdain, the Chinese have traditionally taken a more permissive and nuanced view of it.
But more important, the Chinese have already constructed a test bed for one of the 2000 mph very-high efficiency trains.
The Chinese have sent official representatives to negotiations in New York to begin the process of drafting a sanctions resolution.
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But unlike Americans, the Chinese have not been taught or encouraged to do this, and they are just now catching on.
The Chinese have committed themselves to building 36m new social houses in the next five years, according to the Rosebery Housing Association.
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The Chinese have hit only two foundries in the last three years.
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My communications with the Chinese have been very consistent on this issue.
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That is partly because the Chinese have made several (small) co-operative gestures.
Yet the Chinese have been buying smart rather than across the board.
Said another way: the Chinese have extreme faith that oil companies will figure out how to drill and develop heretofore impossibly difficult reserves.
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In Kenya, as elsewhere in Africa, the Chinese have a large and growing economic stake, which the Kenyan government is keen to emphasise.
The Chinese have reaped a diplomatic bonanza from this new deal, which was negotiated in Beijing under the auspices of the Six-Party Talks.
And I think there's no doubt the Chinese have come to the rescue to some extent in that they have provided a strong market.
Despite these efforts, the Chinese have yet to control inflation completely.
In due course, the world-outside-of-China, even America, could start to produce more rare earths (as Jack Lifton has noted, and the Chinese have unsurprisingly suggested).
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The Chinese have already been plowing cash into the oil sands.
Increasingly, the Chinese have more money to spend than the Americans.
Because many consumer products are now made in China and available from a number of sources, the Chinese have many choices as to where to shop.
So far, the Chinese have opted for French at the high end and Australian and Chilean at more popular prices, with Argentina coming around the bend.
But the Chinese have beaten the Italians at their own game by setting up their own businesses and driving down prices by importing far cheaper fabrics from China.
The Chinese have promised to buy lots of Airbus aircraft, which are manufactured in France, and President Chirac is due to visit China in a few weeks' time.
Traditionally, penhold players use only one side of the paddle, however, the Chinese have developed a new technique where both sides of the paddle are used (the reverse penhold backhand).
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