The China factor: the already considerable growth of the Chinese economy may just be starting. (Commodity Focus).

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China will become the leading economic force in Asia. China is the only country whose economy is set to grow 7 to 9 percent annually. The nation currently has a total population of 1.3 billion people, or 21 percent of the world population.

China is becoming a manufacturing superpower. Recently, Intel Corp. invested $100 million in Shanghai to assemble Pentium 4 microprocessors. Dell Computers moved its giant PC making operation from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Xiamen, China, and Cisco Systems closed its manufacturing facilities in Mexico and moved to China.

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