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• 06.09.08 Living in China: Cost of food drives up Consumer Price Index to 8.5%
  
  "China's consumer price index(CPI) rose 8.5 percent in April, mainly driven by uncurbed food costs, the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) said recently. The figure, compared with 8.3 percent in March and a nearly 12-year-high of 8.7 percent in February, was broadly in line with most forecasts. The NBS attributed the figure to a low base of comparison: the CPI rose just 3 percent in April 2007. Another factor was the rapid increase in world grain and commodity prices..."  read on
  
  posted in living, agriculture, china, consumer behavior, economics
• 06.09.08 Living in China: Beijing’s Consumer Price Index rose 6.5% in April 2008
  
  "Beijing's consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.5% in April, according to the latest statistics from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics and the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics Beijing Survey Organization. Food prices rose 21.6%; while non-food prices rose 0.3%. Consumer goods prices rose 8.7% and that of service rose 0.8%. Food prices increased by 21.6% as compared with the same month last year, among which grain prices increased 9.0%; oil prices increased 29.2%; meat and its products prices increased 46.8%; egg prices increased 6.3%; aquatic products increased 19.9%; and vegetables prices increased 11.4%..."  read on
  
  posted in agriculture, living, beijing, china, consumer behavior, economics
• 05.24.08 Living in China: GDP could be 2.5 times that of the US by 2030
  
  "China's economy could be 2.5 times that of the US by 2030, based on Japan's experience and the yuan's appreciation against the greenback, a senior Chinese economist says in Harvard Business Review's Chinese edition. The forecast by Justin Lin Yifu, head of Peking University's China Center for Economic Research and recently appointed chief economist of the World Bank, in the May issue of the magazine published on Thursday is one of the most ambitious for China's economic growth..."  read on
  
  posted in agriculture, united states, japan, beijing, china, consumer behavior, trends, economics
• 02.04.08 Disaster prevails as relief effort beefed up
  
  "Weather conditions in southern China will remain severe and relief work difficult, Chinese leaders warned yesterday as the country battles with the worst snowfalls in decades. The warning came after a meeting chaired by Chinese President Hu Jintao to study the relief effort. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has just concluded his second visit in a week to central Hunan Province, the region worst hit."  read on
  
  posted in transportation, population, hunan, disaster, living, energy, economics, natural resources, china, agriculture, environment
• 10.28.07 China to Implement Intellectual Property Strategy
  
  "A symposium on implementing Intellectual Property Strategy Higher Education in China has just concluded at Renmin University on October 22. The forum aimed to further implement intellectual property strategies and develop an innovative economy, as well as providing an overview of the intellectual property education system. Binying Wang, assistant director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) explained the importance of the forum..."  read on
  
  posted in beijing, agriculture, research, intellectual property, innovation, wealth, education, china, economics

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