Chinese Economic Growth

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The article Paul's added is excellent (thanks for sharing it!) and the NY Times website has a good deal more. PLEASE: Rather than posting entire articles into the message area, please save them as text files or word processing files and then attach them. If people want to read them, they can click on the attachment to open it.

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The BBC has published a report by Louisa Lim on drug use in Yunnan. It's available at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4085049.stm

The article focuses on the Dai ethnicity and tells of A Bao's addiction. The young man shoots heroin 4-5 times daily. Lim cites official statistics reporting 1 million addicts, but also notes that others put the estimate at 10-12 times that.

Unlike most goods, drugs are becoming cheaper in Yunnan. The article includes a description of a rehabilitation center Daytop.

It would be great to hear what others think of the problem and how the Chinese are addressing it. Beyond that -- how might this be discussed with our own students?

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The UN says that China should now be a food donor rather than a food aid recipient. The BBC report on the announcement includes a video link on why China no longer needs such help.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4090979.stm

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