China is everywhere these days. Powered by the world's most rapidly changing large economy, it is influencing our lives as consumers, employees and citizens. China's miracle economy, though largely initiated by Deng Xiaoping's market reforms in 1978, has resulted because of the current globalisation era in which barriers between nations have been reduced while economies have become increasingly converged leading to increased movement across nations of trade, investment, technology, finance, and labour. By every measure, China's …showed first 75 words of 3426 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3426 total…a true economic superpower. China has benefited immensely both economically and in terms of quality of life from globalisation, and its defining features; increase in flows of FDI and g/s and the economic integration of nations. However, the costs of China's rapid growth and development, including the damage sustained by the environment and the unequal distribution of income, must be remedied, if possible, if sustainable development and growth is to occur into the future.