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Even the world's second-largest exporter might have to twist a few arms to upend the dollar's dominance in global trade.

It was only a few weeks earlier that the news came out that China had overtaken Japan as the second largest economy in the world.

China may be the world's second-largest economy but per capita output is at most only one-fifth that of most developed countries.

Last week one of the headline news was that China has officially overtaken Japan as the world's second largest economy.

Virginia's governor called the blackout in his state its second-largest ever and warned that electricity might not be restored for a week.

None of the election rhetoric sounds enough to jump-start the juggernaut that Japan, still the world's second-largest economy, could be.

Mushrooms: shiitake mushroom is the world's second largest, is one of our specialties, in the civil known as "delicacies, " said.

After a lengthy discussion with his wife for two weeks, he decided to use the second largest room as his study.

The world's second-largest bank is now trying to extricate itself from those bad bets.

The change would be a sharp reversal after several years of double-digit growth in the world's second largest vehicle market.

The party which wins the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition, with its own leader and "shadow cabinet " .

If Libya's second-largest city fell back in the hands of Qaddafi loyalists, the resolve of Libya's rebellion would probably fall with it.

In terms of the numbers in employment the hotel industry was the second largest swiss industry in.

But US exports to China are increasing 50% faster than with any other country, and China is now America's second largest export market.

In a statement Facebook said that the award, made at a court in California, was the "second largest in history" for an anti-spam action.

It had already secured the second-largest number of seats in Congress's lower house.

It made him lame duck six months into a presidency won by the second largest plurality in American history.

China's GDP has finally passed that of Japan, making the former the second largest economy in the world, after the U. S.

He made his fortune by founding and building up Gome, China's second largest home appliance retailer.

Just a few weeks ago, China surpassed Japan as the second largest economy in the world.

Five years on the bank has risen to be the world's second-largest by market value, after ICBC.

But entrepreneurship in the world's second largest economy is not just a game for the young.

One of the largest deals was the 2008 acquisition of Chi Mei Optoelectronics, then Taiwan's second-largest manufacturer of LCD panels.

China has the most mobile subscribers of any nation and is also the world's second largest PC market after the U. S.

Indeed, the Islamic Republic, the second largest oil producer in OPEC, has come to be very concerned about petroleum.

The stopping power of the former Royal Nepalese industry is the second largest city of Pokhara in the two Hindu temples and a cinema.

Japan's second-largest carmaker said it would begin leasing the FCX Clarity to a "limited" number of consumers in California next summer.

A road leads part-way up to an escalator to the top. Today, it is the second largest city boasting its rich cultural heritage.

China overtook Japan as the world's second-largest car market in 2006 and is set to surpass the U. S. for the top spot this year.

This July the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is expected to go into orbit around the solar system's second-largest planet.

All this suggests that Washington sees Japan, the world's second-largest economy, as a powerful nation.

In terms of prestige cosmetics, the largest market is the United States, with the second largest market being Japan.

Christchurch, New Zealand's second-largest city, was devastated by an earthquake and several aftershocks.

Possible consolidation may be underway in Poland's fragmented cable TV market, with Poland's second largest cable TV operator up for sale.

Europe went up in flames in 1914 even though Germany was Britain's second-largest export market and Britain was Germany's largest.

As of publication, 71 of the total cases are in the southern state of Parana, Brazil's second largest soybean producer.

Argentina is the world's second largest producer of this kind of transgenic soya, behind the United States, and ahead of Brazil.

The world is in for a tough time if its second-largest economy continues to suck up so much demand.

The economy is now poised to surge past Japan this year as the world's second-largest economy after the U. S.

The company is the world's second largest special packaging supplier serving soft food, medicine, beauty products and tobacco packaging.

Now there is little debate that it has been a boon in making China the world's largest exporter and the second largest trading nation.

According to a report commissioned by the European Fine Art Foundation, China is now the world's second-largest market for art and antiques.

It has also quickly become the world's second-largest producer of scientific knowledge, as measured by the number of research publications.

With growth averaging nearly 10% a year for more than three decades, China today is the world's second-largest economy.

The world's second-largest economy grew 9. 6 percent in the July-September quarter over a year earlier, official figures showed Thursday.

As the second largest chemical products except ethane, the synthetic Ammonia is an essential intermediate for the fertilizer production.

China, set to surpass Japan as the second-largest economy this year, has helped pull the world out of its deepest postwar slump.

The German government bond market is large and liquid, but not large enough to sustain the world's second largest economy.

The six-day conflict in Iraq's second largest city could be a turning point leading to a stronger central government.

In 2010 China overtook a limping Japan as the world's second-largest economy. It looks sets to catch America within a decade or two.

No more a decade ago, Chinese economy meant next to nothing for Canada, yet has grown to be the country's second largest trading partner.

Thanks to the auto boom, China is now the second largest consumer of oil, behind the United States.

Ordos Basin, China's second-largest gas basin gas reservoirs are developed in Jingbian field at the top of the Ordovician weathering crust.

It is the world's second-largest net creditor after Japan (the net credit position takes account of equities as well as debt).

Others argue that Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has graduated beyond the need for such a fund.

A lingering Europe debt crisis and a cooling domestic property market are dimming growth prospects for the world's second-largest economy.

Still, Los Angeles, the second-largest US city and home to a notorious downtown Skid Row, appears to be bucking a national trend.

China is thought to have the world's second-largest number of internet users after the United States.

Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U. S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it.

But it is unlikely to be long before the leaders of the world's second largest economy are reminded that US friendship does not come free.

Baosteel, China's second largest steel producer, said last week that some of its customers were seeking to delay deliveries.

Foreign investors make up more than half of the total trading in Tokyo stocks, the world's second-largest market.

If China sustains its buying for the rest of the year, it will overtake Japan as the world's second largest oil importer.

Cebu City was the first Spanish settlement in Asia and is the second largest metropolis in the country, rivaling Manila in many ways.

Europe's second largest carmaker will complete a feasibility study on production of the vehicles by the end of the year.

With the mistakes of others well-documented, Groupon should have the benefit of insight as it moves into the world's second-largest economy.

The leader of the second largest party in the Commons becomes the "Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition. "

Vale INCO Limited is one of the world premier mining and metals companies and the world's second largest producer of nickel.

Its savvy, which has brought it to the cusp of overtaking Japan as the world's second-largest economy, is not limited to how markets work.

New Guinea is the second largest island on Earth, after Greenland, and is divided between the countries of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

With snorkels on, we jumped into the warm water and began drifting above the world's second largest barrier reef system.

The acquisition, if approved by Chinese regulators, would be Coke's second-largest in its history.

The cause of the rampage involving Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks, which began in Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city, remains unclear.

Huawei, the world's second-largest supplier of telecom and Internet gear, has little trouble garnering business around the globe.

The latest report leaves China poised to pass Japan as the world's second-largest economy, behind the United States.

It's time to talk about how the potential formation of the second-largest public company on the planet could affect your life.

Some analysts credit China, Myanmar's second-largest trading partner, with nudging the junta into what looks like a concession.

mindanao , the second largest island in the philippines , is simply bewitching . it is picturesque with its stunning land - and - seascapes.

It comes as Mexico grapples with its own culture war in the world's second-largest Catholic country.

OVERNIGHT fighting in the streets of Osh, the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, has killed at least 45 people and injured hundreds more.

The US was the second largest recipient with $110bn, though this was an 18 per cent fall from 2004.

According to polls, if the election were held now, it would be the second-largest party, just two seats short of the Christian Democrats.

However, Zuo Xunsheng, chief executive of Netcom, said yesterday that the company was happy to remain PCCW's second- largest shareholder.

The combined exchange would be Asia's second largest by the number of listings.

In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the second largest number of seats in th e House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.

Barring something bizarre, Mr Perry will cruise through the primary in his bid to remain governor of America's second-largest state.

And the greatest loss is known as "the world's second-largest steel company" Nippon Steel Company, fell as much as 6. 7% for the day.

Thanks to its relentless double-digit annual growth, it has become the world's second-largest economy and in many ways the most dynamic.

Newport, Lorillard's menthol-flavored premium cigarette, is the second-largest brand in the industry and is the top selling menthol brand.

But it is now the world's largest exporter, the world's largest manufacturer and its second-largest economy.

Despite the fact that it's the second-largest city in Hawaii, Hilo paces itself to a slow beat.

the world's second-largest maker of construction equipment, to Honda Motor Co. counting on sales in the nation to help drive earnings.

Japan, the world's second-largest aid donor, has continued to lend.

Yemen Taiz is the second largest city, is the first demonstration against Saleh began to rule the cities.

"I believe in my lifetime, China will become the second-largest stock market in the world, " he said.

Aeon, Japan's second- largest retail group, and Casino, another French retailer, were also thought to be still in the race.

Skilled staff are in short supply as the world's second largest economy has moved up the industrial value chain.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazils second largest city, stretches itself lazily along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

In fact, these items make up the second largest food expense, ranking behind only the combined expenses for meat, fish, poultry and eggs.

China is the world's second largest economy and one of the leading destinations for direct foreign investment.

Rio de Janeiro , Brazil's second largest city, stretches itself lazily along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean .

Dubai, United Arab Emirates are in the area of seven second-largest emirate (after Abu Dhabi), United Arab Emirates are the economic center.

This region is now the home of the second largest surviving population of the endangered Indian rhinoceros.

The demonstrations began in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, and quickly spread throughout the eastern regions of the country.

Mr Fan serves concurrently as a vice-president at Air China, the national carrier and second-largest shareholder in Shenzhen Airlines.

Angola, the second-largest producer in sub-Saharan Africa, is now the single biggest supplier of oil to China, surpassing Saudi Arabia.

At market prices, Japan, the world's second-largest economy, dominates the region, with 56 per cent of the total GDP of east and south Asia.

Airbus unions yesterday threatened serious disruption over plans by the world's second- largest aircraft maker to cut up to 10, 000 jobs.

Romania, the second-largest east European EU member, is paralysed by a political feud between the prime minister and president.

Applied basic research papers constituted the largest number of papers, and basic research papers fell into the second largest category.

It is now the second-largest Reformed denomination in the U. S. There is a blend of Reformed practice and modern evangelicalism.

Lake Huron is one of Great Lakes of North America. It's the second largest lake and locates in center.

In the next two years, China is very likely to overtake Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world.

As China sped toward its new status as the world's second largest economy, the already yawning gap between the rich and poor grew wider.

With a population of about three hundred thousand, Christchurch is the second largest city of New Zealand.

China this year is expected to surpass Japan as having the world's second-largest economy, behind the U. S.

Europe has been China's largest trading partner for six consecutive years, while China has risen to be the EU's second-largest.

Prior to the merger, Greif had been the largest manufacturer of large steel drums in the UK and Blagden the second-largest producer.

Unfortunately, neither SSF and FXS was a small publisher; in fact, SSF was the second largest and FXS the third largest German game company.

Over the last 10 years, China has grown into the world's second largest economy with an annual growth rate of 10. 5 percent.

exactly a decade later it would emerge as the world's second-largest free-market economy after America (a position it still holds-for now).

This second largest island on the lake is really a series of circular embankments, creating the impression of a "lake within lakes" .

The world's second largest economy faces the prospect of a graying population before its economy really takes off, experts say.

Golkar however, is the second-largest party in parliament, and Mr Yudhoyono appears to be throwing in his lot with them.

The goal: to put a French stamp on Islam, the second largest religion in France.

Japan was the second-largest foreign holder of American government debt, with $882 billion in Treasuries.

Official figures show that more than 87-million Chinese are online, the second-largest number of Internet users after the United States.

Japan has had the world's second-largest economy for much of the last four decades, according to the World Bank.

Rio, Brazil's second largest city, stretches itself lazily along the coast of the Atlantic ocean.

China, already the world's second-largest advertising market, after the United States, is a dream for consumer product companies.

In fact, even today Germany is the second largest user population for Xfire, which can be largely attributed to this initial TV appearance.

Dollars, euros, pounds, Swiss francs, even Singapore dollars, yes, but no one holds the currency of the world's second-largest economy.

True , large parts of Pakistan, the world's fourth- largest cotton producer and second-largest importer, are under water .

Microsoft's campus in Fargo is the technology giant's second-largest one outside of its home base in Redmond, Washington.

Zhongqiu also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Tuan Yuanjie, our nation's second largest festival, is well-known, knows.

The route became more mundane as it passed through industrialised Linz, Austria's second largest city.

Today, Vancouver's Chinatown is said to be North America's second largest.

Its Chinatown is the second largest Chinese community in North America, second only to San Francisco of the United States.

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Poland is considering the sale of a stake in Tauron Polska Energia SA, the country's second- largest power utility.

Its second-largest trading partner, China, manages its currency against the dollar and would resist a dollar depreciation.

As I sit down to write this foreword, news reaches me that China has just become the second largest economy in the world.

But it is now Havana's biggest creditor and second largest trading partner, after Venezuela.

The E. U. is now China's largest trading partner and China is the second largest trading partner of the E. U.

More spectacular attacks in Kabul must be expected, and perhaps a greater effort to threaten Kandahar, the second-largest city.

Mr. Chen also brought in consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to chart a new strategy for China's second-largest retailer by number of stores.

Prudential, the UK's second- largest life assurer, has increased its stake in its Chinese fund management joint venture.

When CP B won the Burger King account in 2004, America's second-largest burger chain had been trying with scant success to revive the brand.

Currently, China's oil refining industry is developing rapidly and has become the second largest all over the world.

China is now the second-largest market for its high-end 7 Series and has some of the brand's most loyal consumers.

State-owned companies from China, the world's second-largest economy, have been increasingly active in global mergers and acquisitions.

The firm is now America's second-largest (after Exxon Mobil) by market capitalisation.

His partner in the proposed takeover was the second-largest shareholder, state-owned China Unicom.

Similar action by China's second largest bank is likely to have profound effect.

Dalian is China's second-largest port for crude oil imports and a major domestic production hub, according to the China Daily.

Brazil is the world's second largest producer of soybeans behind the United States and ahead of Argentina.

Brazil will likely be the most stable of the countries and hold the second largest automotive sales market within the group.

Already, China is the company's second-largest market.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers union, has a more complex stance.

HKEx is now the world's second-largest exchange by market value, behind CME Group, the largest US futures exchange.

Sony is the world's second-largest LCD television-maker, but for five years has made a loss on every set it has sold.

Car ownership more than tripled between 2000 and 2006, and China is now the world's second largest auto market after the United States.

China is the world's second largest consumer of energy after the US, and is the biggest producer and consumer of coal.

Research and information gathering proved to be the second largest driver of internet usage.

Therefore, the world's largest oil company Exxon Mobil and the United States's second-largest oil company Chevron led energy plate.

It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest.

Beijing is now Cuba's second-largest trading partner, just behind Venezuela.

But a new offering by E Fund, China's second-largest asset manager, is significant nonetheless.

The Irish are the second largest ethnic group in this state. Their ancestors came in large numbers, especially during the 19th century.

mindanao , the second largest island , is becoming known as the countrys food basket region.

The survey found early puberty had become the second largest endocrine disease of Shanghai children, next to obesity.

On the contrary, China is now the world's second largest economy and its largest exporter, with foreign reserves above $2, 000bn.

China has become the world's second largest country, with rich Carlin gold resources , after only the United States.

That pushed earnings for the world's second-largest computer maker up to $545 million, or 28 cents per share.

The second-largest project targets the nations that are signatories of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).

Although still one of the world's richest countries, Japan was overtaken as the second-largest economy by China in 2010.

Known as the "coupon generation, " they are changing the way business is done in the world's second-largest economy.

China, the world's second-largest economy, is looking to increase investment and competition in its financial and banking sectors.

And Russia, the world's second largest exporter, has also sought to increase government control of its energy resources.

Japan is the world's second largest market with a gross domestic product larger than China and India combined.

Energy Information Administration, Brazil had the second-largest crude reserves in the region prior to the Tupi discovery.

For Rolls-Royce, the world's second-largest aircraft-engine maker, the safe landing did little to avert worries over the engine's safety.

The Japanese government bond market is the second largest in the world. It cannot be dismissed like some crazy aunt in the attic.

Too many high risk loans were blamed for the failure of the nation (nation's) second largest subprime lender.

The outbreak had an immediate impact on Britain's poultry industry, the second largest in the European Union after France.

It comes after last week's announcement that China is poised to replace Japan as the world's second largest economy, behind the US.

Business card printing and membership card to make media are finding a more stable source of income for the second-largest: subscribe.

The second largest city in England, Birmingham, is a metropolitan district and an industrial and manufacturing city.

Mr Medvedev met local residents in Kunashir, the second-largest of the four islands, and pledged more investment for the region.

Despite its very short history of development , the huge size of the economy has made China the second largest licensing market in Asia .

China is GM's second-largest national market after the US, followed by Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Germany.

South Korea's second largest carmaker, Kia, reported a loss for the second quarter in a row, hit by the high won.

China is now the world's second largest consumer of oil, after the US, and third largest importer, after the US and Japan.

A third option would be for Apple to deepen its partnership with Motorola, the second-largest handset-maker.

The trouble started early this year when Chinatrust bought into Mega Holdings, Taiwan's second-largest financial holding company.

Cadbury's second largest shareholder, Legal & General Investment Management, on Friday said Kraft's bid undervalued the firm.

Toshiba is the world's second-largest supplier of these chips by revenue behind Samsung.

The spokesman added: "It further cements RPC's relationship with Henkel, which now becomes the group's second-largest customer, " he added.

The troubles on the farm are emblematic of an overall feeling of paralysis gripping Japan, the world's second-largest economy.

Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia was also visiting China, its second-largest trading partner.

India is now the Export-Import Bank's second largest portfolio, after Mexico.

China Netcom, China's second largest fixed-line telephone company, will today open a London office that will be its European headquarters.

The original campus is located in Fontainebleau, near Paris, France, adjacent to the second largest forest in Europe.

Tom, in a recent posting, it became official. China is now the second largest economy in the world.

Fast-growing China is now the world's second-largest economy, as measured by gross domestic product.

China has replaced it as the world's second largest economy and elbowed aside the US as the region's biggest trading partner.

In Nigeria, sub-Sahara Africa's second-largest economy, currency traders still deal predominantly in American currency.

China is the world's largest handset market and second largest personal-computer market after the U. S.

Calstrs, America's second-largest pension fund, said it would stop lending shares to "piranhas" .

Gameloft's gaudy revenue numbers make it the second-largest mobile game developer in the Western hemisphere.

Still, economists say Chinese growth likely is slowing, as the second-largest global economy continues to downshift.

China is the second largest country in terms of international trade volume.

As part of the transaction, Vale will become the Oslo-based company's second-largest shareholder.

Considering that the city hosts over 15-16 million people (China's second largest city), I thought this was pretty good show.

China's second-largest life insurer announced a plan last month that could raise about $17bn in a share and convertible bond issue.

The new steel firm would be the world's second- largest, after ArcelorMittal of Luxembourg.

But it has the world's second largest proven crude oil reserves and China is the world's second largest crude oil importer.

Killings by animals are the second largest cause of bird death in the United States.

ICICI Bank, India's second-largest banking company, combines technology and local partners to reach customers in rural India.

Inflation figures released yesterday added to concern that the world's second-largest economy will soon increase interest rates.

As the world's second largest economy, Japan has kept rising with a immense high speed after the second world war.

Changes outlined by Wen could drive the evolution of the world's second-largest economy from low-cost factory into major consumer market.

China is now the world's third largest automotive producer and second largest consumer.

Part of the problem lies with the workings of the world's second-largest proportional-representation system.

So, now Meg Whitman is in charge of California's second-largest company--behind Chevron (CVX).

Despite protests from teachers and parents alike, the country's second-largest school district is moving ahead with possible layoff plans.

China looks likely to surpass Japan as the world's second-largest economy in market dollar terms this year.

France, the second largest, grew by 0. 3%, the same pace it had managed in the second quarter.

Mexico, which has been overtaken by China as the second largest exporter to the US after Canada, joined the complaint shortly afterwards.

General Growth Properties (GGP), the nation's second largest mall operator, warned of solvency issues yesterday.

and the word game was over. Japan's economy, the world's second largest.

Calstrs, America's second-largest pension fund, said it would stop lending shares to "piranha s" .

A military checkpoint guarded the entrance of the Zawiya Oil Refinery Co. , the country's second-largest refinery.

Facebook, the second largest site in the UK after Google, is the main beneficiary of this trend.

Although inflows to the UK fell by 28 per cent, it was the world's second largest recipient after the US.

But golf is good both for tourism and for greasing the wheels of business that propel the world's second-largest economy.

The curtain officially fell on its place as the world's second largest economy, losing that rank to China.

The volumes are comparable with what India's second-largest car maker, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, targets to sell this financial year.

Canada is the world's second largest country in the world one of the largest lakes.

Chinese tourists, who make up the second largest group, have lost their enthusiasm.

"Asia-Pacific will replace Europe as the second-largest repository of high net worth individuals' wealth, " it says.

South Korean Christians are the world's second-largest group of proselytizers after the Americans, Time reported.

China is the world's largest cellphone market by users and the second largest personal computer market by unit sales, after the U. S.

London-based Rio wants to consolidate its position as the world's second-largest iron ore exporter, behind Brazil's Vale.

China is the world's second largest oil consumption country as well as a stable oil market.

JSC VTB Bank, Russia's second-largest bank, is the latest to jump on the yuan bandwagon, with a 1 billion yuan (US$150 million) bond issue.

To economists, China overtaking Japan as the world's second largest economy in nominal terms is almost meaningless.

Kaohsiung is the second largest city of Taiwan, with the most condensed population and the best developed heavy industry in Taiwan.

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Georgia Aquarium in terms of scale, is the world's second largest aquarium.