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David Nagy, Consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates Shanghai branch shares his insights on the impact that China's double digit growth has had on the human resources and recruiting sector.

I've compiled some resources for learning Cantonese. First I made this list for private reasons, but I feel that others might find value in this list. It is by no means complete, feel free to add other good Cantoese learning resources in the comments section

From Der Spiegel: China is conquering Africa as it becomes the preferred trading partner of the continent's dictators. Beijing is buying up Africa's abundant natural resources and providing it with needed cash and cheaply produced consumer goods in return.

Canadians of Chinese origin make up the largest non-European ethnic origin in Canada. In fact, the Chinese community is the 5th largest of any ethnic origin in Canada other than English or French. In 2001, there just over one million people of Chinese origin living in Canada. That year, they represented approximately 4% of the total Canadian population.

China is rich in natural and cultural resources. Which resources? you ask. Scienticians have revealed the new Periodic Table of Awesoments, which supplants the now-obsolete Periodic Table of Elements. Let us briefly consider which elements abound in China:

A short summary of The Economist's recent 14-page report about China's "hunger" for natural resources and its impact on the global economy.

Why is China putting up with behaviour that threatens to provoke its arch-rival, Japan, into acquiring nuclear weapons, and keeps a roadblock in the path of integrating East Asia's industrial economies and the Russian far east's resources into one great powerhouse?

Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil may be put to death by the Chinese government as early as next week according to his wife. Celil is ethnically a Uighur Muslim, a group of people who live in China's western Xinjiang province.

Sentenced to death for his "anti-government" activities, Celil has been held in China since his capture and extradition in March from Uzbekistan.

Let's face it: China is an environmentalist's nightmare. The air turns your snot black, the water is filled with toxic chemicals, and "litter" is an idiomatic concept.

Now, with Chongqing's taps running dry and 8 million thirsty people up a creek without any water, China's own Al Gore clones are starting to emerge. One possible candidate is water resources minister Wang Shucheng, who gave a bleak assessment of China's ecological future in his address to the National People's Congress