China's economy roaring despite cooling measures - 2005-03-20
Official data indicate a quickening of China's already fast-paced economy has rekindled overheating concerns, prompting economists to ask: Will Beijing revert to more central planning or market-based policies next?

Contrary to initial impressions, Chinese government statisticians have just declared a stunning re-acceleration of industrial output growth over the first two months of 2005.
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Youth must learn skills to succeed in global economy - 2005-03-20
America -- and Indiana -- are faced with a hard choice: We can either climb the productivity ladder and re-create the middle class, or we can watch our middle class fade away as other countries' teenagers continue to outperform our youth.

The explanation of cause and effect was blunt: Technology and trade separate the global and U.S. economy into two camps -- those with the skills to participate in the global economy and those who lack them.
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