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How China became a superpower

The United States has been the world’s leading economy for more than a century, but China is set to surpass it in a matter of years. By some measures, it already has. So we asked a team of journalists on six continents to pay attention and take a closer look at how China is changing the world.

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The Land That Failed to Fail
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The pull of the past: Aerospace workers wearing Long March-style uniforms. Bryan Denton for The New York Times The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting. By Photographs by BRYAN DENTON NOV. 18, 2018 In the uncertain years after Mao’s death, long …
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The American Dream Is Alive. In China.
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Imagine you have to make a bet. There are two 18-year-olds, one in China, the other in the United States, both poor and short on prospects. You have to pick the one with the better chance at upward mobility. Which would you choose? Not long ago, the answer might have seemed simple. The “American …
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How China Took Over Your TV
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This best-selling Sony TV from 2009 says “Made in China.” But it wasn’t. Look inside, and you’ll find that most of the parts came from non-Chinese companies. Sony Bravia, 2009 Now, one of the best-selling televisions is a Chinese brand with Chinese parts. TCL S-Series, 2017 Source: Steve VanPuyvelde and …
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How China’s Rulers Control Society: Opportunity, Nationalism, Fear
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At Huining No. 1 High School, the pressure is on to excel on college entrance exams. Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times As China grew richer, the West assumed, political freedoms would follow. Now it is an economic superpower — and the opposite has happened. By and NOV. 25, 2018 In the dusty …
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Money and Muscle Pave China’s Way to Global Power
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Liu Ping, center, president of China’s state-owned Bright Food Group, sampling local yogurt at a dairy farm near Momchilovtsi. A Bright Food yogurt brand is named for the village. Bryan Denton for The New York Times Beijing is leveraging its commercial and military might to redraw the terms of …
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China’s Economy Became No. 2 by Defying No. 1
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With a statue of Deng Xiaoping, who led the opening up of China in 1978, in the foreground, Shenzhen put on a light show last month to mark the 40th anniversary of those economic reforms. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times The Chinese thought they had little to learn from conventional wisdom. Now …

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