And she worked to strengthen Washington's relations with China's closest neighbors, helping to orchestrate a U.S. rapprochement with Myanmar's military government in 2012.
In comparing America's economy with China's, for instance, whether you convert yuan into dollars at market exchange rates or after adjusting for purchasing power matters a lot.
Today it gels neatly both with India's determination to develop the north-east and with China's plans to close the gap between its booming east coast and the laggardly western interior.
By 1800, Europe's wealth had caught up with China's, but the processes of change kept working.
For example, some labor representatives on Chrysler's supervisory board had resisted Chrysler's plan to hook up with China's Chery Automobile to develop a low-cost mini-car for North America and Europe.
The delicate process of freeing up China's capital and current account restrictions to allow the yuan to play a role commensurate with China's industrial power will take time.
Asian bourses were broadly higher on the back of U.S. gains in the previous session, with China's Shanghai Composite climbing 1.4% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average up 0.7% to close at a seven-month high.
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed North Korea's "continued provocative rhetoric" in a phone call with China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.
He is one of the country's biggest stars and is credited with boosting China's interest in the NBA. During his nine seasons with the Houston Rockets, his games were broadcast on national television in China, and he was selected to carry China's flag during the opening ceremonies at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The flexibility of virtual purchases has hit a sweet spot with China's giant online gaming community.
The results fall right in line with China's outbound tourism growth over the last 10 years.
It has been in talks with Renault-Nissan, for instance, and with China's Chery Automotive.
And it recently signed a contract with China's biggest nickel producer, Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals.
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With China's car market booming, foreign manufacturers are falling over themselves to invest in the country.
In power generation, Kao will have to deal not only with China's approval process.
As always with China's reforms, it is worth thinking about the law of unintended consequences.
Asian nations are already depressing the value of their currencies to make their exports more competitive with China's.
Most of them try to blend in with China's own ethnic Korean communities near the border, and find work.
As a teenager the 27-year-old began writing novels about angst-ridden characters that proved tremendously popular with China's angsty youth.
Asian exchanges also fell, with China's Shanghai Composite ending down 0.6% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average closing 0.8% lower.
Chrysler already has a tentative deal with China's Chery Automobile to import Chinese-built small cars to North America and Europe.
Chrysler now has a tentative deal with China's Chery Automobile to build a small car for North America and Western Europe.
For those familiar with China's banking reforms, such setbacks are depressingly familiar.
With China's government pursuing a massive stimulus package, it looks like it will show moderate positive growth for 2008 while other economies have retrenched.
With China's recovery well advanced, the central bank is keen to get a grip on bank lending and keep a lid on inflationary pressures.
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The rivals kissed each other on the cheek after standing on the medal podium with China's Guo Wenjun, who won the gold medal in the event.
Multinationals are also competing for talent with China's domestic companies, which need to improve the quality of their people as their markets open to foreign rivals.
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