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Chinese demand wiping out forests of neighboring Burma

by Rob Schmitz
Feb 11, 2016
A town on China's border with Burma is at the crossroads of an illegal trade.
Workers in Pianma, China load logs from old growth forests in Burma onto trucks that will take the merchandise to Eastern China, where they'll be cut into furniture. Half a billion dollars' worth of timber have come across Burma's border into China.
Rob Schmitz/Marketplace
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China's Frontier Towns

Will China dam its last free-flowing river?

by Rob Schmitz
Feb 2, 2016
The Nu River, along China's border with Burma, is at the center of a controversy.
China's last free-flowing river, the Nu, runs along its border with Burma. For years, government officials have planned to build a series of 13 dams along the river to generate electricity. Environmental groups in China and Southeast Asia have protested the plans.
Rob Schmitz/Marketplace
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How capital controls work and sometimes don't

by Tracey Samuelson
Jan 22, 2016
Emerging economies are trying to keep currency at home with new regulations.
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Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: China, China, China

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 22, 2016
David Gura and Linette Lopez join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week that was.
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The good and bad news behind China's 6.9 percent growth

by Rob Schmitz
Jan 19, 2016
In 2015, China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 25 years. It's not all bad.
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China GDP could rattle markets ... again

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 18, 2016
China's 2015 GDP growth is predicted at around 7 percent, continuing the slowdown.
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Starbucks CEO is 'bullish' on China despite stock turmoil

by David Brancaccio
Jan 12, 2016
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz explains why he's investing in baristas in China.
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Global markets shrug off China's market turmoil

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 11, 2016
Unlike last week, China's market troubles didn't seem to have much global impact.
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China's trading day lasted only 14 minutes

by Kai Ryssdal , Rob Schmitz and Mukta Mohan
Jan 7, 2016
China's stock index fell by 7 percent in just 14 minutes Thursday — what's going on?
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Beyond the markets, China's real economy is what matters

by Scott Tong
Jan 7, 2016
Decline in China's imports of natural resources has global economic consequences
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