It was expanding to the West. And it was developing industries.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Plaid Cymru responded robustly to the Conservative' claims, accusing the opposition party of making "cheap points" and calling for it to show "consistency" and "commitment" to developing the north west Wales economy.

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For now China is developing in collaboration with the West.

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Mr Gordham said South Africans needed to understand "how lucky they were, " not to have experienced the sort of public sector cuts hitting the UK, but he focused on the need to make economic growth "more inclusive, " to address the inequalities in society, and to ensure that geopolitical power, as well as investment, moved from the West towards Africa and the developing world.

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