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from reg import mapply as reg_mapply
from hireg import mapply as hireg_mapply
import timeit

def foo(a, b):
    pass

def main():
    print "hireg mapply:"
    hireg_time = timeit.timeit('hireg_mapply(foo, a=1, b=2, c=3)',
                               'from __main__ import hireg_mapply, foo')
    print hireg_time
    print "reg mapply:"
    reg_time = timeit.timeit('reg_mapply(foo, a=1, b=2, c=3)',
                             'from __main__ import reg_mapply, foo')
    print reg_time
    print "plain call:"
    call_time = timeit.timeit('foo(a=1, b=2)',
                              'from __main__ import foo')
    print call_time
    speedup = reg_time / hireg_time

    slowdown = hireg_time / call_time

    print "speedup above reg: %s (%s)" % (round(speedup, 2), speedup)
    print "slowdown below call: %s (%s)" % (round(slowdown, 2), slowdown)
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


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Māori and television – whakaata
Story: Māori and television – whakaata
Early years: 1960s and 1970s
Growing capacity: 1980s and 1990s
Māori Television, 2000s
Page 1. Ngā tau tōmua, tekau tau 1960 me 1970
Howard Morrison Quartet (1st of 2)
Pukemanu, 1971
Tiki and the testament, 1968
Te reo Māori petition, 1972
Storytelling before television
Māori have always celebrated the role of the storyteller. In a traditional society with a rich oral tradition, speakers and singers held a special place. They interpreted the world around them and explained it in stories. They delivered their tales with meaning and style to the eager audiences in the village.
In a whakapapa view of the media, the television broadcasters of today are junior siblings (teina) to their elders (tuakana) of the marae, and of print, radio and film. The birth and growth of Māori television has happened because of the connections and contributions of many people from all branches of the family tree of tribal storytellers. It was a natural evolution: from the kōrero (storytelling) to the script, from the marae to the screen.
Guest performers
In the early years of New Zealand television, Māori appeared as guest performers. The first broadcast on 1 June 1960 featured the wildly popular Howard Morrison Quartet. They typified the Māori ability to entertain a mainstream audience. A few Māori – including Morrison – became presenters with wide popular appeal. Others appeared with distinction in local drama and entertainment productions, notably in the first popular local drama series, Pukemanu (1971–72).
Presenting programmes
Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, Marama Martin was the Māori person most often seen on television. A continuity announcer with a warm and attractive manner, she told viewers what programmes would be shown later in the day. Martin was the first person to be seen in colour when television broadcasts switched from black and white.
Māori programme content in the 1960s was rare and generally confined to light entertainment or the arts. Sometimes current-affairs stories showed the problems encountered by Māori, who were then in the difficult throes of urbanisation. These programmes were all made by Pākehā. In the next decade, this was to change.
A new consciousness: the 1970s
During the 1970s New Zealand heard the strident voice of a new Māori consciousness. A committed core of urban young people began to agitate for reform. By this point in modern Māori history, the biggest focus was on matters of identity, in particular the sorry state of the Māori language.
In 1972 a large group of students and their elders led by Hana Te Hemara presented a petition of more than 30,000 signatures to Parliament in support of te reo Māori (the Māori language). This was a pivotal moment. In the short term the petition added to the pressure on the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation and helped those within it who wanted to see more Māori on television. In the long term, te reo Māori was to be the cause célèbre that would pave the way for a singular indigenous broadcasting voice.
Black-and-white television
It has been suggested that in the early 1970s New Zealanders were more likely to see African Americans on television than Māori.
Tangata whenua and other programmes
In 1974 the Māori-focused television series Tangata whenua stunned the country. These six documentaries from Pacific Films were fronted by Pākehā historian Michael King. The director was Barry Barclay of Ngāti Apa. It was a study of a contemporary Māori world in uneasy transition. Each episode presented an intimate insight into traditional views of tribe, family, past and present. None of this had been seen before by so many people, all at once.
Barclay made these documentaries in a manner that set both example and inspiration for future Māori television production. He showed that if a programme was made in a Māori way, it could have a wairua (spirit) – like any taonga (treasure). Barclay faced his ignorance about his own culture with a sense of humility and often placed his camera at some distance from the elders. This gave the series an easy sense of respect and intimacy. Barclay always believed that a camera should have good manners.
Other Māori programmes made in the 1970s included documentaries (including Kapiti: island of spirits, 1973, and The Maori land march, 1975), drama (Uenuku, 1974, and Death of the land, 1979) and current affairs (Pacific viewpoint).
Previous Next: Page 2. Growing capacity: 1980s and 1990s Next
Tainui Stephens, 'Māori and television – whakaata - Ngā tau tōmua, tekau tau 1960 me 1970', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/maori-and-television-whakaata/page-1 (accessed 22 January 2020)
Story by Tainui Stephens, published 22 Oct 2014
Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
Te reo Māori – the Māori language
Urban Māori
Whakapapa – genealogy
Grennell, Airini Nga Roimata, 1910-1988
Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
Māori radio – reo irirangi

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NI Judo
Northern Ireland Judo Federation
New Membership User Guide
Membership Renewal User Guide
Judo Suits and Equipment
Club Support Model
CASC / Charitable Status
Mary Peters Trust
Additionally Vulnerable
Wellbeing in Sport
Club Designated Liaison Person for Safeguarding (CDLP)
Safeguarding Resources
New Membership Tutorial
Membership Renewal Tutorial
Get involved with Judo and make a difference
NIJF Board & Staff
Club Designated Liaison Person for…
All Northern Ireland Judo Clubs should strive to have a Club Designated Liaison Person for Safeguarding (CDLP) to ensure children's welfare is prioritised at their club.
The CDLP needs to be well supported by the club and have a formal role on the club's management committee. It is the whole club's responsibility to ensure children's welfare and everyone has a role to play.
The CDLP plays a key role in advising the committee on its approach and ensuring that this is monitored and reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Due to the nature of this role all CDLP will have no relation to the Head Coach. In the interests of best practice, the CDLP ideally should be a separate role from coaching.
What does the Club Designated Liaison Person for Safeguarding (CDLP) do?
Assist the club to fulfil its responsibilities to safeguard children and young people.
Assist the club to implement its child protection plan.
Be the first point of contact regarding concerns about children's welfare, poor practice or child abuse.
The CDLP is responsible for following the Northern Ireland Judo Federation's policy and procedures especially in relation to safeguarding and in particular the reporting procedures.
Maintaining appropriate records and assessing information promptly and carefully, clarifying or obtaining more information about the matter as appropriate.
Consult initially with a statutory child protection agency such as the local social services department or health board, or the NSPCC, to test out any doubts or uncertainty about the concerns as soon as possible.
Make a formal referral to a statutory child protection agency e.g. social services departmentor the police without delay. It is NOT the role of the club to decide whether a child has been abused or not. This is the task of the social services department and the police or NSPCC.
Report the concerns to the N I Judo Federation Lead Designated Liaison Person for Safeguarding
Be the first point of contact with the National Lead Designated Person for Safeguarding.
Maintain contact details for local Social Services, Police, and how to obtain the Area Child Protection Committee's policy/procedures. Contact details for local/nation help lines should also be maintained and publicised within the club.
Promote the clubs best practice guidance/code of conduct within the club in line with the club's plans. This may involve working with children/young people and parents on developing the club's approach to the best behaviour of everyone at the club.
Promote and ensure adherence to the club's child protection training plan.
The CDLP will need to ensure that everyone is aware of what training is available and work with the club management committee to ensure that training requirements are met.
Ensure confidentiality is maintained alongside the club's management committee.
Promote anti-discriminatory practice. The club must ensure that it has made clear its commitment to anti-discriminatory practice in its policy, procedures and plans for safeguarding children and young people's welfare. The club should also have an Equity policy.
Who is best suited to be a Club Designated Liaison Person for Safeguarding?
CDLP roles are suited to those people who want to volunteer on a regular basis.
They are ideal for existing club members, parents who want to get more involved with a few spare hours each week as well as people who already work in social services or the police.
What skills are required to be a Club Designated Liaison Person for Safeguarding (CDLP)?
A CDLP requires a certain level of observation, self-awareness and critical thinking. They also need to be patient with good communication skills and able to adapt to a range of varied age groups.
Why should you get involved?
Ensuring the safety of children and vulnerable members of a judo club is very rewarding. People interested in becoming a CDLP should also get involved if you want to:
Make a positive difference in the community
Ensure safeguarding policies and guidelines are followed
In order to become a CDLP you will need to complete the following:
Children and Young People Safeguarding Course
Club Designated Liaison Person Safeguarding Course
Complete a Club Designated Liaison Person Registration Form
Disclosure and Barring service (DBS) check
Please be advised the safeguarding course and DBS are valid for three years. It is the CDLP's duty to keep the requirements up to date, failing to do so will invalidate their CDLP status.
Once you have completed all of the above you will be sent a Membership Application. As a CDLP you will be entitled to a free of charge one year volunteer membership.
For all CDLP or Safeguarding enquiries please contact Russell Brown – safeguarding@nijudo.com 07751748971
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Judge: Calif. Gov. Newsom Can Commandeer 76-Room Hotel to House Coronavirus-Infected Homeless
By Craig Bannister | April 22, 2020 | 2:35pm EDT
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Despite a lawsuit by the city and local property owners, a California judge has ruled that Orange County can turn the 76-room Laguna Hills Inn into a shelter for coronavirus-infected homeless people.
On Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Delaney denied the city's request for a temporary restraining order until the case for a preliminary injunction is heard on April 30, because Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom has emergency authority to control private property, The Epoch Times reports:
"The judge noted in his ruling that governor can 'commander (sic) or utilize' property in an emergency."
The judge ruled that Orange County has the authority to impose its will on the City of Laguna Hills because it's acting as an agent of the state. But, an attorney for the city and property owners calls the decision "a judicial takeaway of important property rights," The Orange County Register reports:
"Delaney said California's declaration of emergency gives the county, as an agent for the state, the ability to commandeer a private property to address a public health crisis.
"The city and other property owners located in Plaza Pointe with the hotel argued the conversion of the Laguna Hills Inn violates the rules for uses in the plaza previously set by the property owners.
"My clients are in a horrible position of potentially having a judicial takeaway of important property rights," attorney Kelly Richardson, who represents the city and other property owners, told the judge at Monday's hearing."
At issue is Gov. Newsom's "Project Roomkey," which the governor says "will target hotels in counties with significant homeless populations that are also experiencing high concentrations of COVID-19 transmission" – and "receive up to 75 percent cost-share reimbursement from FEMA for hotel and motel rooms, including wraparound supports such as meals, security, and custodial services."
Under the lease agreement signed on April 7, the county will reportedly pay $250,000 a month in rent for a minimum of 90 days.
"Essential behavioral health and health care services will also be provided by the local governments and community partners, as needed," the governor's Project Roomkey website says.
In addition to health care, laundry and custodial services, the inn's homeless residents will also be provided three meals a day, courtesy of Chef José Andrés's World Central Kitchen:
"Every hotel/motel within Project Roomkey will include essential wraparound services, such as custodial, laundry, security and support staff. The Governor also announced a partnership with Chef José Andrés's World Central Kitchen, which will provide three meals a day to select Project Roomkey hotels through a statewide contract to support local efforts as needed."
Local news station KTLA reports that the Laguna Hills Inn will also house elderly homeless who do not have coronavirus, but are at risk of contracting it:
"The county brokered an agreement this month with Elite Hospitality Inc. to lease the Laguna Hills Inn for at least 90 days to shelter homeless individuals who are over 65, have underlying health conditions, are showing symptoms of COVID-19 or who have tested positive for the coronavirus."
County officials say the Laguna Hills Inn has been fenced in and the homeless residents not supposed to leave the shelter.
According the City of Laguna Hills website, city officials were never consulted, warned or given any advance notice by the county that it planned to convert the inn into "a shelter for COVID-19 infected transients":
"The agreement was negotiated, made, and entered into by the County of Orange and Elite Hospitality, Inc. without any advance notice, warning, or consultation with either City staff or the City Council. The City of Laguna Hills was not consulted, is not a party to this action, and has not given approvals of any kind for this use. The initial term of the lease is ninety (90) days.
On April 14th, the City of Laguna Hills filed suit against the County of Orange and the Laguna Hills Inn, seeking to halt the conversion of that 76-room hotel to a shelter for COVID-19 infected transients."


Northstar Commercial Partners has sold the 418,000-square-foot Park Skyway industrial property in Surprise, Ariz., about 24 miles northwest of Phoenix, for $24.1 million, or $57.66/sf.
Dalfen Industrial, a Westmount, Quebec, REIT, bought the warehouse, which was built on a 32-acre site at 12000 North 132nd Ave. in 2013. Two years later, an affiliate of Northstar paid $224.3 million for a 24-property portfolio that included Park Skyway.
JLL brokered the most recent deal on behalf of the seller.
Northstar, of Denver, owns 47 commercial properties in 15 states that are valued at more than $1.32 billion.


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Kongeriget Nederlandene består af fire ligeværdige lande med hver sin forfatning og hver sin regering.
 Nederlandene (Holland) med sine 12 provinser og særkommunen BES-øerne (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius og Saba)
 Aruba
 Curaçao
 Sint Maarten
Aruba, Curaçao og Sint Maarten er ikke med i EU og hører heller ikke til unionens toldområde.

 I december 2022 holdt den nederlandske premierminister en tale, hvori han undskyldte på vegne af den nederlandske regering for dens tidligere slavehandel. I samme tale annoncerede premierministeren, at de nederlandske myndigheder vil afsætte 200 millioner euro til initiativer for at øge bevidstheden om slaveriets fortid og eftervirkninger.

Nederlandske Antiller
Frem til 2010 bestod Kongeriget af Nederlandene, Aruba og de Nederlandske Antiller. Sidstnævnte ophørte d. 10. oktober 2010 med at eksistere som en administrativ enhed. Øerne fik fra denne dato ny status indenfor Kongeriget Nederlandene: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius og  Saba blev herefter en direkte del af Nederlandene som særlige kommuner, og Curaçao og Sint Maarten fik status som selvstændige lande indenfor Kongeriget Nederlandene – samme status som Aruba fik i 1986.

Noter

Nederlandene
Nederlandene
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Felix E. Browder (Moskou, 31 juli 1927 - Princeton), 10 december 2016) was een Amerikaans wiskundige. Hij was de oudste zoon van Earl Browder en de broer van wiskundige William Browder.

Felix Browder ontving zijn doctoraat van de universiteit van Princeton in 1948. Daarna was hij professor aan de Rutgers University.

Hij was tussen 1999 en 2000 voorzitter van de American Mathematical Society.

In 1999 ontving hij de National Medal of Science.

Browder werd 89 jaar oud.

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Charlottetown has the lowest housing vacancy rate in Canada
By: Jessica Mach on July 9, 2019
Low vacancy rates have long been a defining feature for the renters' markets in Toronto and Vancouver, but neither city is faring quite as badly as Charlottetown, which currently has the lowest vacancy rate of any major city in Canada.
The capital of Prince Edward Island had a vacancy rate of 0.2%, according to the latest report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which was published in November. That's the lowest rate out of the 37 regions analyzed by the CMHC, which included Toronto and Vancouver, where the vacancy rates were 1.1% and 1%, respectively. Nationally, the rate averaged out to 2.4%.
That shortage has continued well into 2019. The reason for the rental unit shortage, says Charlottetown mayor Philip Brown, is that the population is growing faster than supply. For the past decade, factors like a growing number of university students on the island and general population growth — census data shows that Charlottetown's population grew at a faster rate than any other region in Atlantic Canada between 2011 and 2016 — have increased competition for the city's rental supplies.
Brown told CTV on Tuesday that the situation had reached "crisis" levels.
"It's simple economics. If you have a high demand and low supply, you're talking about a crisis," he said.
In the past few years, the popularity of home or room sharing services like Airbnb have added even more pressure. As in other cities across Canada, homeowners in Charlottetown are increasingly renting out units on a short-term basis, effectively withholding them from long-term tenants.
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Cut into this chocolate covered nougat bar to reveal brilliantly colored layers of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. This Giant Rainbow Candy Bar will brighten anyone's day.
It's that time of year when cookies, cupcakes, cakes and treats are turned into Rainbows. Lots of rainbow treats are made for St. Patrick's Day, but I think more are made in February and March just because people are tired of gloomy grey skies and they want to see some color. I know I sure do.
Over the years I have made my own share of rainbow themed desserts and even a rainbow appetizer, but this was my first experience making a rainbow candy bar.
For the center of the candy bar I used a quick and easy 2-ingredient nougat. You simply blend marshmallow creme (fluff) into white chocolate, or in this case, colored Candy Melts. It couldn't be easier. Being the white marshmallow mellowed out the color more than I liked, I added some food coloring to make sure my rainbow was vibrantly colored.
Typically when coloring white chocolate or Candy Melts (confectionery coating) you want to be sure to use special oil based candy coloring. In this instance, however, once the marshmallow is blended with the candy it's alright to use a water based icing coloring. If you have candy coloring, go ahead and use it, but if you don't then don't invest in the coloring just for this project.
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Layers of rainbow colored marshmallow nougat covered in dark chocolate.
Heat red candy melts in microwave on high power for 30 seconds then stir.
Heat another 30 seconds then stir.
Heat for 20 seconds then let sit in microwave for 2 minutes before stirring.
If not all melted, let sit for another 2 minutes then stir again.
If needed, heat for 10 second increments stirring after each until melted.
It's best to keep the candy from getting over 95 degrees F.
If the candy got really hot, let it cool, stirring often, until just warm.
Add the marshmallow creme and stir just until half of it is mixed in then add the food coloring, if using, and continue to stir until well combined.
The mixture will become thick quickly.
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Repeat the process above layering in the orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple nougat.
Set aside for 30 minutes so that the candy firms up.
Pour just enough chocolate to cover the top of the purple layer and spread it into an even layer.
Tap the mold on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles.
If using pure chocolate refrigerate for 10-15 minutes until the chocolate hardens.If using Candy Melts freeze for about 10 minutes.
Set the candy bar up on two glasses that fit underneath.
Pour the remaining chocolate over top of the bar allowing it to run down over the sides.
Clean up the drips of chocolate from the bottom edge of the bar using a spatula or knife.
Chill for 10-15 minutes until the chocolate hardens.
If you don't have experience melting Candy Melts or melting and tempering pure chocolate, check out the detailed instructions on my Chocolate Making Tips page.
Use oil based food coloring if you have it otherwise use icing coloring. Just be sure to mix in some of the marshmallow creme before adding the icing coloring or your candy will seize up (thicken drastically).
I suggest using a silicone loaf pan for this because it is so easy to get the candy bar out of the mold. If you don't have one, you can line a metal loaf pan with parchment paper. Be sure to cut one piece of paper to go lengthwise and one to crisscross over going the opposite way. That way you can pull up on all four edges of the paper to remove your candy bar.
If you love rainbow colored desserts, you might also like to check out these other colorful recipes.
I love it! You are so right about needing some color in the midst of the winter blahs! Your candy bar looks yummy and very cheery indeed!
Thanks, Karen. This candy bar sure brightened up my day despite the gray skies.
Beth, do you know if the rainbow chips are sold in a grocery store?
Yes, you can get Betty Crocker Rainbow Chips in the baking aisle at some grocery stores.
What a fun candy bar to cut into, I can totally taste the rainbow!
I just sent this to a group of kids at my friend's church. I hope they taste the rainbow! LOL!
This is brilliant! I never thought of mixing candy melts with marshmallow fluff!


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[Update: Live in North America] HTC U12+ update adds camera auto zoom, improved pressure sensitive buttons, & more
Update 7/31: This update for the HTC U12+ is now rolling out in North America.
The HTC U12+ was released just last month, and it brought a lot of controversies. One of the main reasons for that is the buttons, or rather, the lack of buttons. Instead of standard physical ones, HTC went with pressure sensitive buttons. Not many people have been happy with HTC's approach. The good news is the company seems to have listened to its customers and is trying to improve the buttons. The new update just aired in Taiwan, which brought the June security patch as well as some buttons and camera improvements.
I'm quite confused about why they included the June security patch instead of the more recent July patch, but receiving a security update is always welcome. The camera application got an "auto zoom" feature, which lets you adjust the zoom by swiping on a gray dot. Not much of an automatic process, as the name implies. It is definitely different from Sonic Zoom, which automatically zooms in on the source of the audio.
As for the buttons, HTC made them more responsive and synchronized with this update. HTC U12+ users also reported that double-tapping on the Edge gesture is more accurate and reliable. As I already mentioned, the update is only rolling out to users in Taiwan at this time. It is only 422MB in size and bumps the system version to 1.21.709.3. The update will roll out in other regions, including Europe and North America, over the next few weeks.
The new software will roll out in other regions, including Europe and North America, over the next few weeks. (Your region's software number may be slightly different.)
— Jeff Gordon (@urbanstrata) July 13, 2018
Update: Rolling out in North America
True to their word, the update is now rolling out in North America. The update comes in at 437.1 MB and includes all of the same features highlighted above.
@LlabTooFeR North American version of the #HTCU12Plus gets new update. pic.twitter.com/WqWavAnT6z
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Q: How to drop the duplicate column in glue job. As glue is creating duplicate column I have created the glue job and its creating duplicate column once I run the crawler on transformed file .How to drop the duplicate column in it
I have know there is DropNullFields function but it will drop the null field not duplicate coulmn.
What is the way to drop the duplicate column? and stored in csv
Here is code
datasource0 = glueContext.create_dynamic_frame.from_catalog(database = "sample", table_name = "test", transformation_ctx = "datasource0")

dfc = datasource0.relationalize("root", "s3://testing/")

for df_name in dfc.keys():
    m_df = dfc.select(df_name)
    dropNullfields = DropNullFields.apply(frame = m_df)
    datasink2 = glueContext.write_dynamic_frame.from_options(frame = DropNullFields ,
connection_type = "s3", connection_options = {"path": "s3://sample/" +
df_name +"/"}, format = "csv", transformation_ctx = "datasink2")

job.commit()

A: You can use the .dropFields() function. Example:
droppedFields = dropNullfields.drop_fields(paths=["lname", "userid"])

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China's tech crackdown, slowing growth add up to a troubling outlook
Ian McGugan
A man walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong on Aug. 2, 2021.Vincent Yu/The Associated Press
Investors should worry about China's recent crackdown on many of its stock market superstars. They should worry even more about what the crackdown says about the country's slowing growth.
The rapid-fire moves by Chinese regulators and courts to brutally rein in the power of many of the country's most innovative firms, ranging from online retailer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. , has rattled shareholders and spurred concern about Beijing's shifting agenda.
But the simplest explanation rests on the idea that the crackdown is in large part a reaction to China's slowing growth, a development that has prompted Beijing to reassert its control over the economy.
After a 1990 to 2010 golden era in which it routinely expanded its economic output at around 10 per cent a year, China has faded back to more normal levels over the past decade and is on track for further deceleration. A rapidly aging population, a questionable economic model and growing international tension are some factors helping to slam the brakes on the country's long-term growth potential.
For now, gushers of government stimulus and favourable comparisons to the recessionary lows of the COVID-19 crisis last year are masking those trends. They should become more visible in the second half of the year, observers say.
"We are expecting a significant slowdown" for the Chinese economy over the remainder of 2021, Mark Williams, chief Asia economist at Capital Economics, told a webinar this week.
He predicted a year of two very different halves. In the first three months of the year, China's economy surged higher at a record 18.3 per cent annualized pace, boosted by stimulus spending and flattered by favourable comparisons to the depths of a year before. The same factors helped Chinese output to advance at a still frenetic 7.9-per-cent pace from April through June.
In contrast, the economy will barely grow during the second half of the year and may even shrink, Mr. Williams warned. The immediate cause will be reduced fiscal stimulus from Beijing and a new wave of coronavirus infections caused by the Delta variant, he predicted.
But even after those issues fade, China is unlikely to return to its glory days, Mr. Williams added. He forecasts that growth will slump to around 2 per cent a year over the decade ahead.
Others have a similarly downbeat outlook. They pin a large part of the blame on an economic strategy that emphasizes infrastructure construction, property development, heavy industry and other forms of state-guided investment at the expense of a more market-oriented, consumer-focused approach.
Rural poverty, in particular, remains a problem because of what Matthew Klein, publisher of The Overshoot newsletter on global economics, calls "the Chinese government's long-standing preference for showy capital investments over the provision of public services."
He argues the biggest gains from China's top-down approach have already occurred. If so, the implications are disturbing: Economists once assumed Chinese living standards would one day come close to U.S. levels, following the pattern set by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. That no longer seems such a safe bet.
On the eve of the pandemic, the average income in China was just under a quarter of the U.S. level, according to Mr. Klein. The convergence of Chinese living standards with those in the developed world "paused (or stopped?) around 2014," Mr. Klein wrote this week. "From this perspective, the right comparisons for China might be Brazil, Mexico and the Soviet Union, rather than Japan, South Korea or Taiwan."
Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University, has warned for years about the limitations of China's economic model. By suppressing the earnings of labour, encouraging savings, and directing those savings in state-controlled banks toward badly needed infrastructure, Beijing was able to achieve startlingly fast growth in the early stages of opening up to global commerce in the 1990s. The problem is that once infrastructure has been built, the payoffs from that strategy fade.
Other countries that followed similar strategies, notably Japan and South Korea, rebalanced their economies away from building highways, rail systems and airports, and toward household consumption. To do the same, China would have to boost the household share of its gross domestic product from its current level around 50 per cent to at least 70 per cent, Mr. Pettis calculates.
"Beijing has long wanted to do this, but with limited success despite a decade of trying," Mr. Pettis wrote last year in the Financial Times. "There is still little to suggest the [Chinese Communist] party is willing to tackle the institutional implications of the large wealth transfer from local governments and elites to households this entails."
The ambivalence of the country's leadership is on display in the murky "dual circulation" strategy it announced last year. The strategy advocates a boost in Chinese consumer spending ("internal circulation") to help reduce China's dependence on foreign trade, while simultaneously encouraging the promotion of Chinese manufacturing worldwide ("external circulation") to dissuade other countries from engaging in trade wars with China.
What does that mean in practice? In a speech last April, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid lip service to his country's booming digital economy, but added that the "real economy is the foundation, and the various manufacturing industries cannot be abandoned."
He left little doubt where his affections lay. "We must sustain and enhance our superiority across the entire production spectrum in sectors such as high-speed rail, electric power equipment, new energy and communications equipment," he said, with the goal of tightening "international production chains' dependence on China, forming a powerful countermeasure and deterrent capability against foreigners who would artificially cut off supply" to China.
The recent crackdown on China's U.S.-listed tech firms further clarifies Mr. Xi's intentions. His regulatory assaults against superstars such as online retailer Alibaba, ride-hailing giant Didi, as well as food delivery services and the private-education sector, suggest Mr. Xi's priority is maintaining control of his country's economy, not maximizing growth or encouraging innovation.
"The government does not like alternative centres of power," Mr. Williams of Capital Economics said.
Beijing seems willing to shift resources to sectors that will allow China to stand alone, even if they are slower-growth industries. "Online gaming is not going to help China's strategic position in 10 to 20 years," Mr. Williams said. But a robust manufacturing capacity could.
The country's desire to insulate itself from international pressure speaks to the increasingly chilly relationship with Washington. It may also reflect how growing demographic pressures are encouraging a sense of vulnerability.
China's fertility rate has plunged in recent decades, in large part because of a one-child policy between 1979 and 2016. The policy gave China a big boost from favorable demographic trends in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, with lots of workers but a shrinking percentage of young dependents.
Now the downside is becoming evident. China's working-age population (those between 16 and 59) shrank by a staggering 40 million people between 2010 and 2020, according to last year's census.
To be sure, the total size of the workforce remains large, at 880 million, but the shrinking pool of potential employees means it will be difficult for the country to come anywhere close to the growth rates of a decade ago.
The good news for investors in Canada is that a Chinese slowdown in the second half of this year would have only limited impact on recoveries elsewhere, because China is not a big source of demand for goods other than industrial metals, Capital Economics says.
But a slowing Chinese economy does call into question the gospel of emerging market investing. Those who buy emerging market stocks usually do so on the basis that the strongest growth is likely to occur outside the developed world. In the case of China, that now seems like a long shot.
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A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
They said subcutaneous fat, or fat that collects under the skin, helped to improve sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar.
Mice that got transplants of this type of fat deep into their abdomens lost weight and their fat cells shrank, even though they made no changes in their diet or activity levels.
"It was a surprising result," said Dr. Ronald Kahn of Harvard Medical School in Boston, whose study appears in the journal Cell Metabolism.
"We actually found it had a beneficial effect, and it was especially true when you put it inside the abdomen," Kahn said in a telephone interview.
Kahn said he started the study to find out why fat located in different parts of the body seems to have different risks of metabolic disease such as diabetes.
Researchers have known for some time that fat that collects in the abdomen -- known as visceral fat -- can raise a person's risk of diabetes and heart disease, while people with pear-shaped bodies, with fat deposits in the buttocks and hips, are less prone to these disorders.
Now it turns out that subcutaneous fat -- fat found just under the skin -- may be actively protecting people from metabolic disease.
Kahn and colleagues conducted a series of experiments on mice where they transplanted subcutaneous fat from donor mice into the bellies and under the skin of mice.
Mice that got subcutaneous fat transplanted into their bellies started to slim down after several weeks, and they also showed improved blood sugar and insulin levels compared to mice that underwent a sham procedure.
"What we found was that when we put it in either place, there was some improvement in metabolism," Kahn said.
"I think it's an important result because not only does it say that not all fat is bad, but I think it points to a special aspect of fat where we need to do more research," he said.
Kahn's team is working to find the substances produced in subcutaneous fat that provide the benefit with the hope of developing a drug that might copy this effect. Although fat is known to produce several hormones, Kahn said none of the known hormones appeared to be involved in this process.
"If we can capture those (substances), we might have an opportunity to convert them into drugs or use them as guides to help develop drugs," he said.