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• 【13/11/2008】Reflating the Dragon - China's Economy

  2008-11-20 00:04:07   /   英语学习互动

  这篇比较全面地分析了中国目前的经济形势，很值得一读。Questions:1. What caused the slowdown of the Chinese economy?2. What factors have forced thousands of small manufacturers in Guangdong to close?3. Why are the closedowns an overstatement of the severity of the economic downturn?4. "Imports are also slowing sharply, reflecting the high import content of many Chinese exports." Explain.5. What is keeping consumption rising at a time o.

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• 【13/11/2008】For Hire-Low Level Unrest in China

  2008-11-19 21:55:27   /   英语学习互动

  这篇是关于最近重庆、三亚和甘肃地区的出租车司机罢工事件，很短小的文章，问题也比较简单。Questions:1. What made strikes easier to organise today than during the Asian Financial Crises?2. Why are the taxi drivers disgruntled?3. Why are taxi drivers powerful constituency in China?4. What have the authorities done to pacify the strikers?5. What have other cities done to prevent such strikes?

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• [【06/11/2008】Climate Change - Green, Easy, and Wrong

  2008-11-12 03:40:53   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. What's the one solution to the world's two big problems?2. What is President-elect Obama's green spending plan?3. What is Europe doing to curb CO2 emission?4. What is wrong with Obama's plan?5. Why have America's and Germany's environmental subsidies failed their purposes?

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• [【04/09/2008】Reserve Army of Underemployed

  2008-11-12 03:36:31   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. In the author's opinion, what is the single most important price in the world and why?2. What caused the sharp decline in China's labour supply?3. What effects does industrialisation have on growth and wages?4. Why is the true figure of China's surplus labour in the countryside likely to be much smaller than the official estimates?5. What have caused urban wages to rise?6. What does the world bank suggest China do to .

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• [【06/11/2008】Interest Rates - The Race To Zero

  2008-11-08 10:14:35   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. Name the central banks of the UK, Eurozone, the US and Australia.2. How did UK's and Eurozone's interest rates change?3. When did the Bank of England become an independent monetary policy maker?4. What are the IMF's latest economic forecasts for the UK and Eurozone?5. Why does the Fed have less scope to revitalise the economy than its European counterparts?

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• [【06/11/2008】Cities and Growth - Lump Together and Like It

  2008-11-08 09:55:50   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. What potential problems are posed by rapid urbanisation on a large scale?2. What is the UN's projected population living in slums in 2030?3. What are the two fastest growing cities in Saudi Arabia?4. What policies have countries taken to ease the pressure created by rapid urbanisation? In particular, what has China done (not explicit in the article but every Chinese knows the answer)?5. What is the World Bank's view on.

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• [【06/11/2008】Taiwan and China - Resisting China's Charm Offensive

  2008-11-08 09:27:45   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. What does SEF stand for and what does it do?2. Why was there demonstration in Taiwan?3. What do the new agreements offer?4. What is the estimated investment in mainland China by Taiwan businessmen?5. What good will the economic accords do to both sides?6. According to the author, what is China's "traditional courtship rituals"?

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• [【06/11/2008】American Election - Great Expectations

  2008-11-08 08:50:34   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. What progress has the U.S. made with respect to racial equality for the past half century?2. What kind of voters are Mr.Obama particularly popular among?3. What is the big contrast between President-elect Obama and President Bush?4. What are Mr. Obama's advantages?5. In what ways was Obama's victory "slightly disappointing" and why?6. What is the author's advice to Mr. Obama?7. What are the difficulties facing Mr. .

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• 【23/10/2008】China‘s Housing Market - What Goes Up

  2008-11-04 23:18:05   /   英语学习互动

  Questions:1. Why are homeowners angry in China?2. How did the housing bubbles build up in the first place?3. What measures are taken to prop up the housing market?4. What benefits do urban-residence certificates confer?5. Which event marked the birth of China's middle class?6. What is the stance of the central government towards the plunging market?7. "A bigger supply of cheap housing is hardly likely to boost prices. " Do you .

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• [【23/10/2008】Fast Food in China-Here Comes A Whopper

  2008-11-04 22:46:21   /   英语学习互动

  This article is about Burger King joining China's fast-food industry:Questions:1. How big is China's fast food industry?2. Who's the world's biggest fast-food chain and who's got the biggest market share in China?3. Which 3 fast food titans now dominate the Chinese market?4. What are the advantages of operating eateries in airports?5. How do the big fast food companies deal with the problem that Chinese customers prefer chicken to .

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