Could you give me a link to that article? I had no special article in mind. Everyone familiar with western currency flows knows that. Here is an American article about it. " In the last five years, China has spent as much as one-seventh of

Hi, Thanks for sharing that, CB The US economy would be even worse if China didn't lend money to America. Could you give me a link to that article?

I don't pretend to be able to predict what lies in store for the world but the future looks rather bleak to me. Mankind seems to be heading for bigger problems. More and more people are hungry as this New York Times article shows. There are

Hi Clive So it's not possible to say why the writer mentions this whole population here? It's a longer passage. But I don't think it will make it clearer: After 6,000 years of conquest and colonisation, the

Hello! Does "take cycles away from the normal job of a CIO" mean that "it occupies a lot of working time of a CIO" in the following context. I'm not quite sure of the exact meaning of the phrase "take cycles away

Many Chinese like cycling and they often go to work or school by bike. A British man named Mark Beaumont also loves cycling. But different from others, he would like to go farther. Recently, he has finished his journey and become the fastest

(1) I feel embarrassed when we go out because my clothes are so cheap (inexpensive) compared with his (expensive clothes). (2) My salary is very low. = I don't earn much. (3) You have no taste in clothes. = You don't know how to choose

I was stunned when an influential veteran member seemed to read a junior member out of the club for being too prescriptive. I have found that many language learners (especially at the lower levels) BEG for "rules." I am currently

Hi ttgiang I know your country, but I've never been in Vietnam, I know taiwan either. When I was in USA I knew a lot of people come from vietnam and taiwan. I know a lot o people when know that I come from Italy always they say the same of

I would appreciate it, if anybody could help me with this. What does the last sentence mean? Especially the underlined part? Thanks a million. Basically, it indicates that we had major imbalances build beginning in the turn of the