word | | Economy - overview |
| China | China | Since the late 1970s China has moved from a closed, centrally planned system to a more market-oriented one that plays a major global role - in 2010 China became the world's ... |
| China | Ecuador | ... 5.8% in 2011. The government in 2011 signed a $2 billion loan with the state-owned China Development Bank and announced plans to obtain further Chinese loans. China has become Ecuador's ... |
| China | Hong Kong | ... left it exposed to the global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly ... |
| China | Japan | ... for price differences, Japan in 2011 stood as the third-largest economy in the world after China, which surpassed Japan in 2001. A sharp downturn in business investment and global demand for ... |
| China | Korea, North | ... of Kim Il-sung's birthday, North Korea continued efforts to develop special economic zones with China and expressed willingness to permit construction of a trilateral gas pipeline that would carry Russian ... |
| China | Macau | ... of the world's largest gaming centers. Macau's gaming and tourism businesses were fueled by China's decision to relax travel restrictions on Chinese citizens wishing to visit Macau. By 2006 ... |
| China | Mauritius | ... has attracted more than 32,000 offshore entities, many aimed at commerce in India, South Africa, and China. Investment in the banking sector alone has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong ... |
| China | Mongolia | ... a substantial amount of electric power from Russia, leaving it vulnerable to price increases. Trade with China represents more than half of Mongolia's total external trade - China receives more than three ... |
| China | Pacific Ocean | ... reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of the US, Australia, NZ, China, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide ... |
| China | Panama | ... to accommodate ships that are too large to traverse the existing canal. The United States and China are the top users of the Canal. Panama also plans to construct a metro system ... |
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