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China is World’s Second Largest Economy

“China has a large population, a weak economic foundation, relatively few resources and a large poverty population, which remains our basic situation,” Ma Jiantang, head of China’s statistics bureau, said in January. “Therefore, while we take note of our expanding size of economy and enhancing economic strength, we should also have a sober understanding that China remains a developing nation.”

By 2020 China will be the biggest, yet still developing country with unheralded power and growing espionage to American military.

COMPASS

For those of you wondering what the following year will hold for footwear trends, be sure to check out The COMPASS Show going on today at Center 548 in Chelsea. Some of the participating designers include Billy Reid, Maians, Mark McNairy New Amsterdam, Opening Ceremony, and others. In addition, this season COMPASS has extended its women’s footwear offering Camilla Skovgaard, Repetto, Calleen Cordero, and Matt Benson for the daring jetsetting woman.

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Toy Story Met Search Stories

An absolutely adorable short titled, “When ‘Toy Story’ met Search Stories” by a Google partnership with Pixar’s Toy Story 3 by BBH. Buzz Lightyear googles “to infinity and beyond” and learns the true reality in the form of search engine results page. Toy Story 3 in theaters this Friday.

via Less, But Better

Android marketplace has 38,000 apps and going strong.

I wish it was an animation, and have the Android-bot move to One Touch by LCD Soundsystem.

stuck in the clouds

literally.

The 365 Cloud Project is a year-long photographic experiment by multimedia artist Kelly DeLay who shot clouds everyday. He documents the footage, photos and video, on this site and it is cataloged via month, times of day, and by favorites. My favorite time of day is dawn, when the sun is just peeking out, and life forms become illuminated. Patchy clouds make great imagination. It’s such an interesting concept. Oh, it is also nominated for a Webby for best personal blog/website, but that’s not why I like it.