guardian.co.uk - 1/14/2009
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China overtook Germany to become the world's third largest economy yesterday after revising its figures for output growth. The Chinese economy has grown tenfold in three decades and grew 13% rather than 12% in 2007, Beijing said, putting it behind only the United States and Japan in terms of ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter,
whose administration formalized diplomatic ties with China 30 years...
ago, on Monday urged President-elect Barack Obama to find ways to work more closely with Beijing on global issues. Carter also ...
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China Takes the Bronze in GDP
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... Chinese gross domestic product to 25.7 trillion yuan, the national statistics bureau said, or $3.5tn at 2007 exchange rates. That would be ahead of Germany’s 2007 GDP of €2.4tn, or $3.3tn.
The fact that China has 1.3 billion people, though, means that GDP per head – a typical measure of individual wealth – remains well behind leading economies. Germany’s 85 million people were far ahead of China in this category in 2007 at €28,200 euros per head ($38,800).
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China overtakes Germany to become third largest economy
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Will the trend continue and China's growth will make it number one or is this the peak before the bubble bursts? I think there is trouble ahead but then again, everyone is in the same stormy economy right now. If China can make it through this recession relatively unscathed and rebound quickly they could easily march on to the top spot, but it still sounds like a long shot. ...
China Takes the Bronze in GDP
The Hollywood Liberal —
... The revision raised the Chinese gross domestic product to 25.7 trillion yuan, the national statistics bureau said, or $3.5tn at 2007 exchange rates. That would be ahead of Germany’s 2007 GDP of €2.4tn, or $3.3tn. The fact that China has 1.3 billion people, though, means that GDP per head – a typical measure of individual wealth – remains well behind leading economies. Germany’s 85 million people were far ahead of China in this category in 2007 at €28,200 euros per head ($38,800). Read more ...
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