Chi Kin LEUNG

Advertisements for international companies line this busy street in Hong Kong. PHOTO BY TOM CHRISTENSEN.
China is the third largest trader in the world; its exports in 2007 were 80 times what they were in 1979. Computer and office equipment, apparel, textiles, and consumer goods are all mainstays of China’s foreign trade, which has led to rapid economic growth in China and increased consumption of Chinese goods worldwide.
China’s rapid