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Archive for May, 2009
Most policymakers, investors and environmen-talists are by now aware that the future of the Australian economy and indeed the planet depends in no small part on China. But by focusing on China's headline economic growth rate they are in danger of missing the story.
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There’s more to China’s growth rate than reaches the headlines (The Age)
Most policymakers, investors and environmentalists are by now aware that the future of the Australian economy and indeed the planet depends in no small part on China. But by focusing on China's headline economic growth rate, they are in danger of missing the story.
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Asians talk of peace and haggle over arms (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
The annual Asia Security Conference, a forum for discussion, brought together some of the world's main arms-makers with military chiefs nervously eying their neighbours' moves and looking to upgrade defences in a region full of long-running insurgencies, potential maritime disputes and growing wealth.
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China to have 5% share in world organic food market (People’s Daily)
China will become a nation with high organic food consumption while its volume of organic food production and export will increase at a fast rate over the next decade. At present, the international organic food market is enjoying annual growth of between 20 and 30 percent, and China is expected to become the fourth largest consumer of organic food in the world, with organic food expected to ...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-31 10:58 Asians talk of peace, but look to buy more arms (Interactive Investor)
By Nopporn Wong-Anan SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - Asia's defence policymakers spoke of peace in the region's top security conference in Singapore, but have been also huddling in the corridors of a luxury hotel haggling over deals with arms suppliers. The annual Asia Security Conference, a forum for discussion, brought together some of the world's main arms-makers with military chiefs nervously ...
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Asians talk of peace and haggle over arms (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The annual Asia Security Conference, a forum for discussion, brought together some of the world's main arms-makers with military chiefs nervously eying their neighbours' moves and looking to upgrade defences in a region full of long-running insurgencies, potential maritime disputes and growing wealth.
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Asians talk of peace, haggle over arms (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The annual Asia Security Conference, a forum for discussion, brought together some of the world's main arms-makers with military chiefs nervously eyeing their neighbors' moves and looking to upgrade defenses in a region full of long-running insurgencies, potential maritime disputes and growing wealth.
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China to further improve environment for foreign investment (People’s Daily)
China will make great efforts to create a stable and transparent policy environment, a unified and open market environment and a standardized and efficient administrative environment for foreign investment, said China's Ministry of Commerce in a report issued on May 31. It will stabilize and enlarge the scale of foreign investment attracted and boost the quality and levels of foreign capital ...
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Asians talk of peace and haggle over arms (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
By Nopporn Wong-Anan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's defence policymakers spoke of peace in the region's top security conference in Singapore, but have been also huddling in the corridors of a luxury hotel haggling over deals with arms suppliers.
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Asians talk of peace, haggle over arms – Reuters
Reuters | Asians talk of peace, haggle over arms Reuters "In the event that I'm meeting with any defense suppliers, it will be the last I'll be speaking to you," Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told Reuters, fresh from a military success that ended a two-decade old Tamil Tiger insurgency. ... |