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Ms. Zimba, 40, a quality-control worker at the plant here who asked to be identified only by her common last name because she feared losing her termination benefits, first got a job at the factory in 1989, after moving to Kabwe from the depressed eastern
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CHINA claims that its economy is growing at 10 to 11 percent a year, and China's official analysts say that their nation will catch up with the United States long before the 22nd century arrives.
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Traditionally, Chinese diplomacy in Africa has been strong in developing relations with the political elites but weak in engaging African civil society. Beijing's lack of tools and experience in engaging the "African on the street" makes it ill-prepared t
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the article talks about how China's early winners like Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen area "offered a steady stream of qualified employees, relatively good transportation links and more experience in dealing with foreigners" but are now faci
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most central bankers and economists are uncomfortable with a number above 2.5 percent. China has been trending between 3 to 4 percent for the past several months. The latest reading is a ten year high.
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What all this means in dollars and cents is dramatic: Based on a charter cost of $30,000 a day, traveling speed of 22 knots and fuel costs of $170 per tonne, the route from Rotterdam to Shanghai via the Northwest Passage would be $590,000 cheaper than thr