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In This Issue     Feature: What Is China?     UPGRADES   Smartbooks Unveiled   Quotes of the Week   Ethermail   SNS Takeout Window   Paul Krugman’s Year-End NYT Column on China A Quick Deng Biography Want a Projector Attached to Your Smartphone?   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News…   How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where’s Mark?

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Netbooks: Since we invented them, FiRe is a great place to learn about how the fastest-growing form factor in computing will expand over the next three years.

 

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» What Is China?

 

Most people probably assume that the reason for China’s enormous economic growth rates is simply size: anything powered by 1.2B people is bound to make a big splash. But India, with the self-proclaimed “oldest democracy in the world,” is about to exceed China’s population.

 

What makes China so different?