similarChinese company; undaunted, pointing to the Western executive, he said: ‘We can do everything he can … for 40 per cent less.’ He promptly sat down.

similarChinese company; undaunted, pointing to the Western executive, he said: ‘We can do everything he can … for 40 per cent less.’ He promptly sat down.

s. Left unchecked, the last half-century will also mark the start of the decline of the 500-year interlude in what previously had been 2,000 years of Asian economic pre-eminence. It is after all useful to remember that as far back as the first century BC, the Chinese developed the decimal system that underpins global finance and virtually all measurement today.

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