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(1) Arthur Kroeber, Five myths about China's economy. Washington Post, Apr. 11, 2010 (available now).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040903261.html?sub=AR
(China is not America's banker; rather, China is more like a depositor to a bank which is America: "Like a depositor, China has little ability to tell its bank how to run its business. It can only vote with its feet, by taking its deposits elsewhere -- but its deposits are so huge, there is no other 'bank' in the world that can take them.")

Quote: With regard to "a natural stage of [fast] development that comes to an end in every [developing] country": "China is hitting that spot now: The number of young people of workforce entry age (15 to 24) is projected to fall by one-third over the next 12 years.


(2) John Pomfret, Private efforts help resolve public tensions between U.S. and China. Washington Post, Apr. 10, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040905645.html

Quote:

"As each side issued demands, the United States bent a little. * * * But China bent even more, diplomats from both countries say.

"And it came away empty-handed in its demands that the Obama administration stop selling weapons to Taiwan and that the president discontinue the decade-old tradition of meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

a American researcher says, "There was a recognition on the part of U.S. officials that China was ready to reengage but needed help to get out of the corner that they'd put themselves into.

(3) Michael D. Shear and Glenn Kessler, Russia supports Iran sanctions, but with limits. Washington Post, Apr. 9, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/08/AR2010040803866.html

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