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    Fast-growing China has now become one of the nations steering the world economy, said U.N. Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang. “China’s contributions to world economic growth in the past few years are comparable to that of the United States,” Sha said, citing that “China’s achievements in its 30 years of reforms and opening up accord with the United Nations’ tenets of promoting c…

    By GDB Newsletter // 08 October 2008

    Fast-growing China has now become one of the nations steering the world economy, said U.N. Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang. “China’s contributions to world economic growth in the past few years are comparable to that of the United States,” Sha said, citing that “China’s achievements in its 30 years of reforms and opening up accord with the United Nations’ tenets of promoting common development in the world.” (Xinhua News Agency)

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