Working together or in parallel with Beijing, smaller developing nations should have an easier time getting a hearing in the WTO.

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Consultants working with clients closer to the Beijing or Nairobi research centers, for example, may still tap into Watson in New York for advanced mathematics.

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South Africa will take over as the KP chair next year, and Milovanovic said that China had volunteered to serve as deputy chair - a step which could see Beijing, which is working hard to cement ties with resource-rich African nations, take over the full chairmanship in 2014.

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The Gulf is left holding the incremental oil baby, with Washington and Beijing not merely unwilling to underwrite security arrangements, but inadvertently working towards an oil market based on volumes, not price.

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Expect a big boost in business starting next year: Supertex is working with Neo-Neon, a Chinese firm that is supplying lighting for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing.

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