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China Visionary: China working to achieve modernization for more than 1.4 billion people – news.cgtn.com
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The Japanese yen is at a 40-year low. Here’s why that matters
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Israel ranks 18th in global wealth list as 8,800 Israelis become new millionaires
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After South Korea was forced to accept the largest IMF bailout in history in 1997, more than three and a half million ordinary citizens donated their wedding rings, family heirlooms, and Olympic gold medals to help repay the country’s debt — collecting 227 tons of gold in four months
Three and a half million Koreans lined up outside their banks in January 1998 to hand over their…