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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Today's Public Channel Feature
China's True Economic Miracle

One big surprise about China and its economy is how few of its corporate giants in manufacturing industries are based in city centers. Yasheng Huang, the author of "Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics," examines the history of grassroots entrepreneurship in China’s massive countryside.

Also: Asian Cities Take on Climate Change
Soon: Israel and Palestine — Make Peace Now

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Today in history
On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse's telegraph system was demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey.

Quote of the day
"It would be a historic irony if the Chinese Communist Party was thrown into crisis, not by the collapse of communism in 1989 — but by the convulsions of capitalism in 2009."
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times columnist

Fact of the day
The only Chinese city that can legitimately call itself a global financial center is Hong Kong, which remains outside the mainland's authoritarian regulatory system and its largely closed capital account.
Financial Times

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Read news from China Daily, an online newspaper.

   
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Features by New Contributors

Asian Cities Take on Climate Change
By Christine Loh, Andrew Stevenson and Simon Tay
Re-Democratizing Russia
By Andreas Umland
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By Howard Davies and David Green
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