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 * __ Current Challenges to China in the 21st Century __**

Since Deng’s Economic Reform, China has achieved amazing economic development. With [|growth rates averaging][|9.5][|%] over the past 30 years, China has been the [|fastest-growing major economy] in the world. Now China is the [|world's second largest economy] after the [|United States]. China is also the largest [|exporter] and second largest [|importer] of goods in the world. However, China is facing new challenges and crises in different perspectives. The most serious challenge is imbalance: imbalance between rapid economic progress and stagnate construction of political reform, imbalance between the rich and poor, imbalance between economic growth and environmental protection, imbalance between urban and rural, etc. It will be difficult for China to sustain development if these challenges and crises cannot be overcome.

**Questions:**
 * What kind of crises and challenges is China facing?
 * What are the most serious imbalances in China today?
 * Is China’s development pattern sustainable? If not, how to change it?
 * What are the likely consequences for China if these crises continue?


 * Reading: **


 * PPT:[[file:Current challenges to China.ppt]] **


 * Movies: **
 * Little Yueyue
 * The Chinese Are Coming