The January number surprised on the upside, and the February number should be even stronger because of the Chinese New Year factor.

GDP has been understated for the last three to four years.

Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.

Citigroup is a latecomer to China's banking industry and it has catching up to do. It makes more sense for Citigroup to explore other options, such as taking stakes in Guangdong Bank, which also has a national distribution network, to help them expand.

iPhone4 is sold in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere, but it was assembled in China. As the world's center for the processing of IT products, China's environment is paying the price.

It has been shown that public participation can limit powerful interest groups, while competing interests can help find a reasonable balance between development and environmental protection.

In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.

In the future, officials will feel more pressure to protect the environment. But how to assess the officials' efforts to protect the environment is still a pivotal issue.

If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.

In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.