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...Government action could shield the Chinese economy from the worst of a global slump. Indeed, economists currently say China ought to remain a relatively bright spot amid the economic gloom. Merrill Lynch estimates that China will account for 40% of world GDP growth in 2009. Continued strong Chinese demand for raw materials, machinery and consumer goods is expected to prop up other Asian economies - the region as a whole is projected to dodge a recession next year...
...Surviving a crash isn't just a matter of everyone holding hands. Strong institutions matter. While banks toppled throughout the region, Hong Kong banks, with their conservative internal controls, came through the crisis virtually unscathed. They've been through crises, panics and bank runs before, and they didn't play the financial games that hurt their counterparts in places like Thailand and South Korea...
...year-old Beijing native, whose real name is Shen Jing, fashions music from the seemingly random meldings of traditional Chinese instruments, bleeps and bloops worthy of a sci-fi B movie, and an ethereal, at times unnerving, operatic voice. "I have a strong interest in the cosmos, so a lot of my music tends to describe those feelings," she says...
...factors that once underpinned this claim, however, do not seem as strong now as they once were...
...have spoken to Michael, and I know he's contrite. I believe when we see him emerge from jail that he's going to have a strong message for inner-city youth...