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China: Boom or Boomerang

China: Boom or Boomerang

At the same time that China is recording huge increases in trade surpluses and currency reserves, deadly riots are breaking out on the outskirts of some of the country’s largest cities. In this Dig, scholar Orville Schell challenges the current wisdom about China being an inevitable superpower and unstoppable economic force.

Posted on Dec 3, 2005 78 COMMENTS


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