Many professors have done excellent researches on the issue of rural China, the most impressive one of whom is Professor Jean C. Oi in Stanford with her distinguished book: Rural China Takes Off, which examines the issues that must be resolved if China is to modernize its agricultural sector in the 1990s. Indeed, I am fascinated by the great passion, the insight and the methodology of these professors, while as to me, a Chinese student, I have my own advantage: that is I am much more familiar with the reality in China and I have the great responsibility for the poor people in my country. ... T...

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Furthermore, this same pattern of countries changing their political and economic policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) can be readily seen throughout history and is not unique to Latin America. First, we consider the example of China. China, under the rule of Mao Ze Dong, received virtually no FDI and relied largely on the Soviet Union for technology and its own planned economy. ... These zones were created specifically for the attraction of foreign investment in China and became "drivers of regional and eventually national growth." ... Therefore, we see that the throughout h...

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After defeating Russia and china, Japan had regained its confident. ... History itself is really hard to conclude in one answer simply because were just reading out of the book instead of actually seeing and experiencing it. ...

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Thus, if Americans do not buy pants because they have been snowed in by the snowstorms from the first quarter of 2014, this is bad news for the Chinese pants manufacturer, and also for the German machinery maker that exports to China the necessary parts to manufacture those pants. ... Fortunately, the Eurozone is a net capital exporter (2.5% of GDP, or over €270 billion-possibly the largest current account surplus in the history of humankind). ...

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One of the major events in Russia's economic history for the past years was the crash of the ruble. ... Russia's great resource of raw materials is another positive thing for its economy: the Trade and the current balance are constantly rising, even overtaking Chinas trade and current balance for the last 2 years: 2002 2003 Trade Balance +42.9$ Billion +54.2$ Billion Current Account +27.6$ Billion +36.4$ Billion If Russia's currency will not have a big drop its economy should have a steady stable growth in the nearest future with its good trade balance and cu...

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If we refer history, direct economic dependence is more reliant to primary sector that is raw material like mining, agriculture and logging. ... FDIs can be described as physical investments (greenfield/brownfield) by foreign entities such as building factories in Klang Valley or high-end property development by foreign Chinese magnates in Iskandar Malaysia. ...

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