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		<title>Calling all Arabic speakers</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/09/06/calling-all-arabic-speakers/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The rise of Islamic economies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yiwu is a pin-up for China&#8217;s relations with the Middle East. It featured heavily in my book, and the Chinese coastal city continues to amaze visitors with its vast malls. So here&#8217;s an update. I earlier wrote about the upcoming China-Arab Trade Forum due to be held in Ningxia province late September. The website looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing to Marrakesh</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/09/02/beijing-to-marrakesh/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Silk Road’s middle-class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Morocco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=3109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I spotted a sign in Beijing&#8217;s metro trying to convince harried commuters to visit Turkey. &#8220;Not the same as Europe. Not the same as Asia&#8221; ran the advertisements. They aren&#8217;t the only country pinning their hopes in Chinese tourists. Morocco&#8217;s tourist agency has just set up an office in Beijing, after Morocco was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bollywood steps out</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/08/30/bollywood-steps-out/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Silk Road’s middle-class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=3093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Indian journalist once recalled to me how his wife was serenaded by young men in Egypt and Turkey singing Bollywood songs. I myself had the pleasure of watching a film in Jaipur&#8217;s Raj Mandir Cinema and I&#8217;ve been a convert ever since. So, I&#8217;m pleased to see the industry is making efforts to grow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The steel arrives</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/08/28/the-steel-arrives/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China’s ties to the Middle East]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=3075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hold on tight. I argued last month that the Middle East was about to be swamped by Chinese steel. There&#8217;s growing evidence that the steel is now arriving. The latest data shows China&#8217;s exports to the Middle East continuing to rise sharply. We&#8217;ve seen this before &#8212; in late-2008, during the midst of the global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One step back. Two forward.</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/08/23/one-step-back-two-forward/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A rebalancing of global power]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The world’s trade routes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=2977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Han Ruihui should be working for Egypt&#8217;s investment promotion agency. He says in this report, &#8220;Egypt has signed free-trade agreements with Europe and the Arab countries. Its geographic location makes shipping to Europe very easy&#8221;. And, if that wasn&#8217;t enough. &#8220;Egypt&#8217;s electricity prices are low, labor abundant, and energy and labor costs not high&#8221;. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Made-and-Financed-in-China&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/08/21/made-and-financed-in-china/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China’s ties to the Middle East]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=2959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan who? This week, the media has been full of stories about China overtaking Japan as the world&#8217;s second largest economy. But there&#8217;s another equally important story. That was China&#8217;s agreement, reported by AI Hayat, to provide financing for an Omani purchase of four giant tankers to carry iron ore from Brazil. And guess who&#8217;s manufacturing the tankers? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ningxia goes virtual</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The rise of Islamic economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ningxia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=2737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Websites are statements of intent. They are the modern version of a ground-breaking ceremony. China is especially fond of them, so it&#8217;s about time that the country has created a site dedicated to China&#8217;s trade with the Middle East. Launched last week, the site is nicely designed, although there isn’t much content yet. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The young and the restless</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/08/15/china-india-youth/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=2743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[China is 10 years older India. It's not a small age gap. It also means India will need to spend a lot more time creating jobs over the next decade. So will much of the Middle East. But that's not going to be easy unless some of China's labour-intensive factories are shipped offshore...]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s middle-class wants souvenirs</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/08/10/plastic-pyramids-and-chinas-growing-middle-class/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Silk Road’s middle-class]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=2409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It might be obvious that China has become steadily wealthier. But this People's Daily article offers a nice anecdote. No longer happy with receiving basic goods as gifts, China's middle-class are hungry for cultural souvenirs. Egypt's papyrus, silver plates, and copper Aladdin lamps are high on the list...]]></description>
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		<title>Three-day weekends are good for the economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Silk Road’s middle-class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=2374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s domestic tourist season disappointed this year. It doesn’t help that holidays are grouped around a few periods in the year. Japan suffers from similar problems but is looking to shake its tourist industry up. Three-day weekends would be a good start. Might Saudi Arabia try the same?]]></description>
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