How can governments sensibly talk about pressing issues such as global imbalances or energy prices without China being present?
Indeed, without China's prodding he would probably not be bothering with them.
"Commodities can't appreciate without China being strong, " said Jeffrey Sica, chief investment officer and founder of SICA Wealth Management, which invests in gold.
On none of these issues can we succeed without China's cooperation.
There are few diplomatic and economic challenges that can be addressed in the world without having China at the table: from North Korea, to Iran, to Syria, to global economic rebalancing and climate change.
Perhaps the most frequently heard argument in favor of permanent normal trade relations with China is that without it, we will lose the China business to foreign competitors.
In our last post, MTD discussed ways to establish a market position in China without committing capital.
Many business people might argue that California is overlawyered, but there are parts of China without any lawyers at all.
The earthquake has left more than 5, 000 children without their parents and more than 4, 000 elderly without caregivers, China's state-run news agency said Sunday.
Apparently, Home Depot made the same mistake as some other companies that entered China without understanding the local market, which is often dramatically different from their home market.
Gazprom is no longer interested or capable of doing this deal, but the Russian government has always been in control since nobody is exporting gas to China without its approval.
And, finally, the protection of intellectual property rights has improved significantly, and that should help local entrepreneurs and foreign entities set up shop in China without the fear that they are days away from having their intellectual property ripped off.
And with traditional movie funding sources drying up, Hollywood studios increasingly see Beijing as a bankrolling destination of choice, with Chinese counterparts ponying up on glitzy co-productions, including "Iron Man 3" and next year's "Transformers 4, " and films without a direct China connection as well.
Without such stability, China would never have been able to achieve its astounding economic miracles.
Online shopping offers a platform for new fashion brands to enter China, without the expense and risk of opening physical stores.
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Without a doubt, China is the largest construction site in the world.
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Without anybody really noticing, China sold sixty-two million subsidized bulbs in ten months.
Our agreement today with Nanjing Pharmaceutical Company further strengthens this ambition as we are fully aware that we cannot become truly global without a significant presence in China.
But whether or not China helped cause the crisis, there is not much debate that it needs to be part of the solution, because without higher Chinese consumption in China, the only way the global economy will become more balanced in future, with less debt on countries like Britain and America, is by those countries also having little or no economic growth.
And Box Office Mojo notes that "The Avengers" pulled off the ninth highest overseas opening ever without debuting in top tier markets China, Japan, and Russia.
Many observers have also argued that a number of countries have grown rapidly -- Western Europe and Japan before and China today -- without free mobility of private capital, especially of portfolio capital.
By comparison, the corporate tax rate in Brazil and China is 25%, without exclusions.
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Multilateralism is not something which China can push on its own without making any investment.
Without these, problems could get worse after China joins the WTO.
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Without question things have improved for workers in China.
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Without understanding this, one cannot truly understand China.
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Mu Guangzong of Renmin University of China in Beijing says that even without it the fertility rate in big cities would only be around 1.5, well below the replacement threshold (but higher than 1.0 as it now is in Beijing and Shanghai).
Huang Haibo, an executive at China Mobile, stressed the two companies have so far only made preliminary contact, without anything set in stone, yet, but noted they hope to bring the iPhone to China.
Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old from China, went his second straight round without a birdie and had a 77.
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