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...sharp contraction if everyone does. "Too many people have a fantasy about China that bears no relation to reality," says Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of the Hong Kong-based China Economic Quarterly. "This is still a state-directed economy, and the government's latest steps have been a wake-up call." The alarm bells are getting louder. Consumer prices on the mainland jumped 3.8% last month, the highest year-on-year monthly spike in seven years. That is expected to increase pressure on China's central bank to raise interest rates for the first time since...
...society is being terrorized. Truck drivers are assaulted on the roads; leading businessmen have been kidnapped for ransom; journalists have been tortured and murdered; and one of the nation's pre-eminent intellectuals, Humayun Azad, was almost killed in February by a gang of knife-wielding assailants. But the wake-up call for many Bangladeshis came last week, when the bodies of two cloth merchants were found beheaded and mutilated in a forest outside Dhaka. Stunned by the discovery, many traders in the city closed their shops or held rallies to highlight the deepening sense of insecurity in the country...
...game like this is a real wake-up call,” McKiernan said. “Playing like this won’t work in the playoffs. We know we can play with the best teams on the East Coast, but we also know we have work...
...believe Maori can do whatever they want to do if they choose to do it. They don't need to be on the dole or single parent's benefit or joining gangs as a crutch. Maori need to take a look at themselves. What Brash is saying is a wake-up call...
After the Colonials’ initial burst was stymied—and after the Harvard players received their wake-up call midway through the first game—the outcome was never in doubt. The team used the rest of the match to continue building upon the momentum and confidence that was shaken after a loss early in the season to Roger Williams...