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Inside Asia: Why China Will Keep Investing Abroad

Jul. 20, 2009
Outbound investment from China will keep growing, experts say, despite the ''political noise'' being generated by trophy purchases and controversies like the recent detention of four Rio Tinto executives.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch