{"id":1223,"date":"2004-12-05T23:10:35","date_gmt":"2004-12-06T06:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2004\/12\/05\/the-two-faces-of-china\/"},"modified":"2004-12-05T23:10:35","modified_gmt":"2004-12-06T06:10:35","slug":"the-two-faces-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2004\/12\/the-two-faces-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Faces of China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/06main1.184,0.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/06main1.184,0.jpg','popup','width=184,height=193,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/06main1.184,0-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"95\" border=\"2\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"06main1.184,0\" \/><\/a> From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/12\/06\/business\/businessspecial2\/06main.html\">the New York Times<\/a>: &#8220;Few business executives watch the growth of the Chinese economy as closely as Michael R. 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