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...China in the 13th century, Marco Polo was amazed at the widespread burning of coal. He referred to the fuel as "black stones," and reported that "they may be had in the greatest abundance, and at a cheap rate." Today, China is the world's largest coal producer, increasing output each year to feed its rapidly growing economy. But the cost in human lives is anything but low. Thousands of miners die in China's coal mines every year. The government put the number at 6,434 last year, but labor- and human-rights groups say the true count could...
...many items of expenditure have been taken over by foreign governments - Australia has taken over rural health, New Zealand is paying for education. There's also police, speed boats and vehicles, which cost a lot of money. What happens when this is withdrawn?" Down the track, Hou worries about output matching the population growth rate. At around 3% a year, it's one of the most rapid in the world, and has resulted in a youth bulge, with half the population aged under 20. Tied to this is the lack of job opportunities for those leaving school at grade...
...Kevin Hamilton. Hamilton tormented the Crimson on both ends last night, recording a game-high 18 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and five of his team’s 20 steals. He looks to be a model of consistency, as these numbers virtually replicated his output last Monday at BU, when he recorded 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and six steals...
Edwards, whose ankle-breaking changes of field and never-say-fair-catch mentality thwarted defenses without fail for each of the last two seasons, wouldn’t be one to disagree. Though he struggled to accumulate yardage comparable to his output a season ago thanks to increased attention, the Crimson consistently found creative ways to get him the ball—and Edwards consistenly found creative ways to get it across the goal line...
...legions of Red Guards during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution.) Oil and gas discoveries in the South China Sea and the Bohai Gulf, where drilling began in 1979, made China seem all the more invulnerable to oil shocks, and the country remained an oil exporter until 1993. Today, however, output from China's top four oil fields is in decline. By some estimates, the country's current proven reserves will be depleted in as little as 14 years. Meanwhile, it is not economically feasible to drill largely untapped petroleum pools believed to lie beneath western China's desolate Tarim Basin...