“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.” WorldCountryPoorPovertyMillionsBenefitsPercentResourcesIndiaSouthCriticsChinaValuableDecadesDevelopingFarmersSouth AfricaCropsPhilippinesAlleviateDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceBiotech Author:Clive James
“China has to move to a more flexible foreign currency trading system, no question about that. You might see two or three moves to widen the band, say to 0.5 percent.” TwoMightMovingThreeBandPercentChinaCurrencyTradingFlexibilityFlexible Author:Arjuna Mahendran
“The industrialization of China alone would increase by 90 percent the concentration of CO2 in our atmosphere and would at least increase the atmospheric CO2 by at least another 100 parts per million.” MillionsPercentIncreaseChinaAtmosphereConcentrationCo2Industrialization Author:John Olver
“We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.” PeopleKnowsWorldGivingYearsEnjoyGrowthChanceEconomyStandardsPercentRateTrackChinaDeterminedStandards Of LivingHigh Standards Author:John Olver
“One way in which we can encourage the Chinese government to take more vigorous action to control food safety in their country is by just saying we're not going to buy Chinese foods until they get their system cleaned up. Admittedly it's a difficult system to get under control because an astonishing percentage - maybe 80 percent - of the foods in China are produced in small backyard operations.” WayCountryGovernmentActionDifficultPercentSafetyChinaOne WayChineseOperationsPercentagesAstonishingVigorousBackyardsJust SayingFood SafetyChinese FoodChinese Government Author:Marion Nestle
“If you talk privately to our tech companies, our pharmaceutical companies, our high-end manufacturing companies, the high end of America, where the good-paying jobs are, China is not letting them in unless China gets to steal their intellectual property in a company that`s 51 percent owned by the Chinese.” IfsEndsJobsAmericaCompanyIntellectualPercentPropertyChinaStealingChineseManufacturingIntellectual PropertyPharmaceuticalPharmaceutical Companies Author:Charles Schumer
“In China, it was always said that a double-digit rate of growth would be dangerous. Now, the country has a growth rate of 6.9 percent and suddenly that is supposed to be a catastrophe for the global economy.” SaidCountryWould BeGrowthEconomyDangerousPercentRateChinaSupposed To BeCatastropheGlobal Economy Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“here are economies like China's economy where it's less than a tenth [of a percent] today, although it is growing, is quite small, because of the notion that the government takes care of everything, and Europe and China, philanthropy has not been nearly of the same scale.” GovernmentCareTodayEconomyGrowingPercentEuropeNotionChinaTake CareScalesPhilanthropy Author:Bill Gates
“Under [Tim] Cook's leadership, Apple is now using 100 percent renewable energy in the U.S. and China, and it's worked to improve conditions at its manufacturing plants in China.” EnergyConditionsPercentPlantChinaCooksApplesManufacturingRenewable Energy Author:Laura Sydell
“The fact that China has about seven percent arable land, means that she’s always going to be looking for places that have more arable lands to finance or to provide food stuffs.” MeanFactsStuffLandPercentSevenChinaFinance Author:Dambisa Moyo
“China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.” WorldCitiesGrowingBuildingDevelopmentPercentIndiaIncreasePopulationChinaAround The WorldOverwhelmingCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Frank Gehry
“When I was secretary of state, we actually increased American exports globally 30 percent. We increased them to China 50 percent.” StatesPercentChinaSecretary Author:Hillary Clinton
“You have to abolish pension plans. You have to abolish social spending. You have to raise taxes. You have to have at least fifty percent of the European population emigrate, either to Russia or China. You would have to have mass starvation. Very simple. That's the price that the Eurozone thinks is well worth paying.” ThinkingWellsSocialSimplePlansTaxesMassPercentRaisesPopulationChinaSpendingRussiaFiftyStarvationAbolishPensionEurozonePension Plans Author:Michael Hudson
“The solution to North Korea is the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. China could influence the North; it supplies 80 to 90 percent of North Korea's energy. The United States have to put pressure on China in order for China to pressure North Korea.” StatesOrderEnergyUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceSolutionsPercentPressureChinaKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanSuppliesPeninsulasReunification Author:John Bolton