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Chinese Economy

China Sits Comfortably Behind the Steering Wheel

Andrew Pyle | Posted 09.12.2012 | Canada Business
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Andrew Pyle

We had some not so friendly news hit the wires this week regarding China. The world's largest consumer of things from the ground and largest sibling in the Asian region recorded slower-than-expected GDP growth for the second quarter: 7.6 per cent. This is the sixth straight quarter in which growth has decelerated and represents a half a per cent decline from the growth seen in Q1.

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China Hits The Panic Button

CP | Joe McDonald, The Associated Press | Posted 08.07.2012 | Canada Business
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BEIJING, China - China cut its benchmark lending rate Thursday for the first time in nearly four years, adding to efforts to reverse a sharp economic ...

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Made in China? More like Destroyed by China

Diane Francis | Posted 07.02.2012 | Canada
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Diane Francis

Not only should China be banned from construction or bidding, but Investment Canada should ban Chinese companies from buying resource companies, or related assets. They low-ball to get contracts, then use shoddy materials, and have no respect for the rule of the law in Canada.

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