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Lesson 1
China’s Foreign Trade
Text China in the Market Place
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. China’s Import Growth Rate Exceeds Export Growth in 1998
B. “Greater China” on the March
Lesson 2
China’s Absorption of Foreign Direct Investment
Text The Curtain Goes up
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. China’s Foreign Investors Stake Claim to the Interior
B. FDI Flood Meets Barriers
C. Globalization’s Depredations Are Real and Brutal
Lesson 3
China’s Opened Economy
Text Beijing Rising
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. Market Plays Important Role
B. Bullish Firms Clamor for China Market
Appendix to Lesson 1-3
Deng Calls for Speedup in Reform
Questions on Content and Language Points
Lesson 4
The World Economy
Text The Economic Scene: A Global Perspective
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
The Net is Open for Business-Big Time
Lesson 5
On the US Strategy & Policy in Trade
Text U.S. Is Prepared to See Trade Relations Worsen
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. Clinton Reaffirms Asia-Pacific Role
B. Why I’m Going to Beijing
C. Uneasy Together
D. A Series on International Responses to the US Helms-Burton Act
a. EU Unites to Retaliate Against Helms-Burton
b. U.S. Seeks to Calm Angry EU
c. Ibero-American Summit Slams U.S. Law on Cuba
d. Clinton Delays Enforcing Anti-Cuba Business Law
Lesson 6
The Development of EU
Text Economic Troubles Cloud New Market’s Future
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. After 40 Years, EU Arrives at Crossroads
B. Europe Rising
C. The Other Foot
Lesson 7
On Japan’s Position on Trade
Text Japan Says No
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Appendix to Lesson 7
Text Why Japan Won’t Cave Into U.S. Trade Demands
Questions on Content and Language Points
Lesson 8
South Korea & Other Fast-developing Asian Countries—Their Progress and Problems
Text Here Comes Korea, Inc.
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. The Next Step
B. What Asia—and the World—Must Do
C. Less Cash Flow—Currency Controls Gain a Hearing as Crisis in Asia Takes Its Toll
Lesson 9
Newly - Emerging Trading Stars
Text Prosperity Persists in the UAE
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
Why Africa Can Thrive Like Asia
Lesson 10
On GATT – WTO
Text Freer Trade, with Luck
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
Fifty Years On
Lesson 11
Barter Still in Use
Text The Comeback of International Barter
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Lesson 12
Market Competition
Text Soft Drink Wars; the Next Battle
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
A. Pepsi and Coke Go to War Again, But This Time It’s Over Orange Juice
B. How the U.S. Helped Big Tobacco Crack Asia’s Market...and How Little Thailand Fought Back
Lesson 13
Market Analysis
Text Hong Kong is Tops at Cracking U.S. Shell Eggs
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Lesson 14
Commodities Market
Text Soft Commodities
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Supplementary Material for Free Reading
Commodities Market, Despite Gains, Will Be Remembered for Its Losses
Lesson 15
Reports on Commodities Exchange in Telex
Text Weekly Commodities (Telex)
Questions on Content and Language Points
Exercises
Index
Brief Answers or Clues to Questions on Content and Language Points
Thesis for Reference—“The Content Constitution and Language Features of Journal Articles on World Economics and International Business”
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附 外刊经贸知识选读自学考试大纲
I． 课程性质与设置目的
II． 课程内容和考核目标
III． 有关说明和实施要求
附录 题型举例
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