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China’s Appetite For Electricity Is About To Outstrip Production And Trigger Brownouts

November 1, 2011
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China’s Appetite For Electricity Is About To Outstrip Production And Trigger Brownouts

As China surges towards becoming the 21st century’s dominant economy, its progress may be hobbled by a growing gap between its electrical production and demand. According to the China Electricity Council, the country’s ...

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Poll: Americans struggling more than Chinese to keep families fed

October 14, 2011
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Poll: Americans struggling more than Chinese to keep families fed

Nearly 20% of Americans found it difficult to put food on the table over the last year, according to a Gallup poll released this week. In China, however, only 6% of residents are running into the same problem, the study...

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China lashes out against currency bill

October 4, 2011
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China lashes out against currency  bill

China on Tuesday blasted a proposed U.S. bill that would punish countries for undervaluing their currency by saying it would undermine the global economy and potentially lead to a trade war. China’s central bank and ministries of commerce and foreign...

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China’s yuan moving toward global currency?

September 28, 2011
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China’s yuan moving toward global currency?

Hong Kong (CNN) - Chile and Venezuela, two countries in the opposite of the South American political spectrum, have something in common: both are interested in the Chinese yuan, or renminbi. With the growing clout of the world’s second largest economy

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Clearwire announces deal with China Mobile to accelerate TD-LTE deployment

September 16, 2011
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Clearwire announces deal with China Mobile to accelerate TD-LTE deployment

The world's largest mobile operator and the heretofore scrappy WiMAX provider have linked arms to accelerate the rollout and adoption of time-division LTE (TD-LTE) across China. While there's little chatter about an infrastructure build-up itself, C...

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Last Week to Apply to Show in The Mercury’s Annual Fashion Show!

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The clock is ticking! Applications for designers interested in showing in this year's eighth annual Mercury Spring Fashion show are due by 5 pm...

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