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My new development obsession

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 6 June 2014 - Categories: China, Other

Anyone following my Twitter account will have noticed that I've recently developed a strange obsession with all things China. China even featured in my blog post last week, although my key message was about development partnerships. The reason I've been …

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Girls’ gossip

Posted by: Gao Ping, Posted on: 3 December 2009 - Categories: China, Girls & Women

Yesterday while on the way to the hair salon, a 20-minute walk from the DFID office in downtown Beijing, I was stopped by several strangers asking me for the directions to the labour market. I can figure out from their outfits …

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Is China a developed or developing country?

Posted by: Adrian Davis, Posted on: 20 October 2009 - Categories: China

After 6 years of living in China, I continue to be impressed by the entrepreneurialism, energy and commitment of its people. For young, especially urban middle-class Chinese, their life experience has been overwhelmingly positive. In 1979, per capita income was …

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