Currently, the bloc is walking a tightrope between a rising China and an America that is reasserting its status as an Asia-Pacific power.

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From making the Statue of Liberty disappear, walking right through the Great Wall of China to levitating over the Grand Canyon, Copperfield is constantly redefining the realms of possibility.

CNN: Quest for magic

First, the global economic playing field is being leveled, and millions of people who were out of the game - from China, India and the former Soviet empire - are now walking onto the field, each dreaming of a house, a car, a toaster and a microwave.

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