My comment: Yesterday I searched web in vain to find
(a) how much, if any, of foreign reserves in other nations included Renminbi
; and
(b) if US holds Russian Ruble as reserve.
(2) 力拓案新曲折. VOA Chinese, Aug. 10, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-08-10-voa47.cfm
(“中国政府官员撰文指责澳大利亚和英国合资的矿业公司力拓集团所从事的六年间谍活动为中国造成7000亿人民币的巨大经济损失。不过，文章很快被从最初的网站上删除。力拓集团发言人继续坚称，中国对该公司的有关指控毫无根据。)
(3) Akash Kapur, An Indian Says Farewell to Poverty, With Jitters. New York Times, Aug. 9, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/weekinreview/09kapur.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=madras&st=cse
My comment: It is hard to assess China for an outsider like me, especially since I have never set foot there. A few Americans said Chinese were quite content (including the freedoms they enjoyed), satisfied with the tack and direction that nation was taking and so on. So this article, which does not talk about China, offers a perspective of an Indian. Although per capita GDP of Indians is nowadays about a third of that of a Chinese (because Inida started reform later than China), Indians can see material gain and loss of innocence ascribed to the reform.