Assignment:
Please search online and find 10 online news stories on ONE of the following topics: a) CHINA AND MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES (i.e. excessive dependence on exports and investment), b) CHINA AND LABOR or c) CHINA AND THE RENMINBI. The news pieces should be published after January 1, 2012. Make sure to select substantive news pieces. Write out an essay, which should include the following:
1.List the titles of the 10 stories and their web addresses;
2.List the main ideas of the 10 news pieces you selected (like bullet points - one or more bullet point per news);
3.Select the 3 most significant news pieces and make their summary (300-400 words);
4.Discuss their collective significance (i.e. why did you pick them?), including their connection to the readings that have been assigned (600-700 words).
Examples of sources you can choose from are the following:
•The Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/home/us
•The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/
•The Guardian: https://www.guardiannews.com/
•The Wall Street Journal: https://online.wsj.com/home-page
•The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
•China Daily: https://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/
•The Economist: https://www.economist.com/
Please note that in case newspapers online require subscription, they are often freely available through the Penrose Library (but in this case please make sure to indicate in your paper the link to the actual news site, and not the link through the library database). Also please also note that blogs are not acceptable sources for this assignment.
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