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China blocked Taiwan's entry into the Word Health Organization even though the SARS epidemic inflicted heavy casualties on the island earlier this year.
Another group, citing historical precedent, warns that beggar-thy-neighbor trade measures can quickly spiral out of control, taking a heavy toll on living standards.
There, the government, whose statistical agency puts annual inflation at 10%, is punishing private-sector economists who release much higher estimates – typically around 25% – with heavy fines.
These acts of self-immolation – at least 36 since March 2011 – have been staged to protest the increasingly heavy controls that China’s government in Beijing has imposed on Buddhist religious practices.
A World of UnderinvestmentMILAN – When World War II ended 70 years ago, much of the world – including industrialized Europe, Japan, and other countries that had been occupied – was left geopolitically riven and burdened by heavy sovereign debt, with many major economies in ruins.
And yet China’s reliance on economic policies that require the heavy hand of the state to achieve officially decreed targets had been fading.
Not too long ago, many pundits doubted that China could make the shift from an economy dominated by labor-intensive manufacturing, exports, infrastructure investment, and heavy industry to a service economy underpinned by domestic demand.
It is also a clear warning to the rest of us that a fight need not involve troops, tanks, and rockets to exact a heavy price.
The next chairman will have to move decisively to persuade colleagues when needed; but, first and foremost, he or she will need a heavy dose of humility and respect for the views of his or her peers.
The consequences of poorly understood interconnections among countries have repeatedly blind-sided the world’s major central banks – consider the euro crisis or European banks’ heavy reliance on financing from US-based money-market funds.
European growth, with its heavy dependence on trade, received a special boost, as did emerging markets.
If not, contrary to the administration’s public statements, financial markets will have to live with a heavy dose of financial repression in the years ahead.
This approach is exacting a heavy toll.
Given the sectarian nature of regional conflicts – for which the Iranian authorities bear a heavy responsibility – engagement with Iran must be conducted within a broader framework of regional cooperation, in particular with the Gulf states.
This can be explained partly by the fact that, when it comes to credit provision, capital markets do far less of the heavy lifting in the eurozone (where banks matter more) than in the United States.
Whether one considered the Dutch welfare state humane and generous, or bloated and foolhardy, its largesse took a heavy toll on the economy.
At the close of the Cold War, Central and Eastern Europe’s economies were burdened by pervasive state ownership and concentrated investments in heavy industry.
The rest of us can enjoy life while Obama does the heavy lifting.
Unfortunately, biodiesel from soy is little better on this count; and California heavy oil and farm ethanol are both far worse.
Some new inventions, like self-driving car systems, will require heavy capital investment in new kinds of roads.
If ASEAN is not allowed a mediating role, the Thai-Cambodian spat may wind its way back to the United Nations Security Council, which earlier delegated the issue to ASEAN amidst heavy lobbying by Cambodia and Thailand.
Though the Thai-Cambodian border battles have involved tanks and heavy artillery, they are unlikely to degenerate into open, large-scale warfare.
Second, the settlement came at a time when the American authorities faced heavy criticism for being soft on big banks during and after the 2008 financial crisis.
In Colombia’s south – where the heavy presence of illegal armed groups makes social peace a distant dream – I went to visit a secondary school, as part of a needs assessment.
Kenya, for example, depends on heavy fuel oil and diesel for 21% of its electricity; the comparable figure in Senegal is a whopping 85%; and some island states use imported diesel for all of their electricity needs.
Discussions with the country’s activist groups reveal their rejection of this legacy of failure – an inhibiting, heavy present that they inherited but to which they did not contribute.
By reducing the stresses of driving in heavy traffic and unfamiliar locations, this technology promises greater protection for both drivers and pedestrians.
Gansu’s challenges range from modernizing its heavy industries to resisting desertification and the encroachment of the Gobi desert.
It was on Obama’s watch, after all, that China captured the disputed Scarborough Shoal from the Philippines and built seven artificial islands in the South China Sea, on which it then deployed heavy weapons – all without incurring any international costs.
They steered clear of establishing a heavy budget-fueled bureaucracy, leaving respective ministries to handle administering the accord.
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