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The end of the Great Migration: China's workers return home

by
Rob Schmitz
Oct 3, 2012 Twenty years after the start of China's great migration of farmers leaving rural China to work at factories along the country's coast, workers are beginning to return home, following an investment boom in China's interior.

China on track? The view from the slow train

by
Rob Schmitz
Sep 19, 2012 As China prepares for the first leadership transition in a decade, Marketplace's Rob Schmitz talks to passengers on China's slowest and fastest trains to find out whether they think country is on the right track.

China on track? The view from the bullet train

by
Rob Schmitz
Sep 20, 2012 As China prepares for its first leadership transition in a decade, Marketplace's Rob Schmitz talks to passengers on China's slowest and fastest trains to find out whether they think country is on the right track.

China ponders need for a stimulus package

by
Rob Schmitz
Sep 5, 2012 Slowing growth is leading the government to consider further measures to boost the economy, but some say once home prices pick up, spending will follow.

Rich Chinese increasingly invest overseas

by
Rob Schmitz
Aug 15, 2012 Slower growth in China and the prospect of currency depreciation have many Chinese putting their money into places like Canada and the U.S.

Economic data shows continued slowdown in China

Interview with
Juliana Liu
Aug 9, 2012 The latest economic data out of China show a continued slowdown there. New numbers on factory output and retail sales came in below expectations this morning.

China braces for slower GDP growth

by
Rob Schmitz
Jul 12, 2012 For the past few years, China has had much higher economic growth rates than we're seeing in the U.S. But when China releases its latest GDP figures tomorrow, forecasters are expecting the worst growth in three years.