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'We don't make anything any more': Is it true that the UK is just a giant service centre?Rainer Plendl | Dreamstime.com

By Dr Matthew Hinton (The Open University)

27 June 2011

Manufacturing is still a major part of the UK economy - and even financial service jobs depend on it remaining vibrant. So how do we...  Read more : 'We don't make anything any more': Is it true that the UK is just a giant service centre?

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A life that has improved Featuring: video, The Open University

08 April 2011

From the Loess Plateau in China, the Wang family explain how cultivating less land has enabled them to produce more and live a better life  Read more : A life that has improved

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Currency wars and tax regimes Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University), Evan Davis (The Open University)

10 February 2011

As nations battle by printing currency, and the coalition struggle with how much to tax the banks, Janette Rutterford and Evan Davis take a cool...  Read more : Currency wars and tax regimes

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Chinese New YearSofiaworld | Dreamstime.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

03 February 2011

The Chinese Year of the Rabbit starts on Thursday 3rd February. As the celebrations commence, why not learn how to write basic Chinese, or find...  Read more : Chinese New Year

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China diaries: Zhang Xiejun Featuring: video, The Open University

By Zhang Xiejun (Guest)

05 January 2011

Zhang Xiejun is a school teacher in Longbaoshan village, near Beijing. She talks about how the desert landscape has changed over the last decade   Read more : China diaries: Zhang Xiejun

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China diaries: Li Bingbing Featuring: video, The Open University

By Li Bingbing (Guest)

05 January 2011

Actress Li Bingbing was once the Green Ambassador for the China Environment Protection Fund. She describes the small steps everyone can take to help protect...  Read more : China diaries: Li Bingbing

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China diaries: Wang Yongchen Featuring: video, The Open University

By Wang Yongchen (Guest)

05 January 2011

Wang Yongchen is a journalist at China Central TV and also founder of the NGO Green Earth Volunteer. She remembers the moment when she realised that...  Read more : China diaries: Wang Yongchen

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China diaries: Zhang Zhimin Featuring: video, The Open University

By Zhang Zhimin (Guest)

05 January 2011

Zhang Zhimin owns an organic farm in Liangxiang, Beijing. She explains why chemical agriculture is very harmful to our ecology and our environment   Read more : China diaries: Zhang Zhimin

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China diaries: Gao Daya Featuring: video, The Open University

By Gao Daya (Guest)

14 October 2010

Gao Daya is seven years old and yet she understands that 'we should save electricity, save water, recycle more and drive less' if we want...  Read more : China diaries: Gao Daya

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China diaries: Ding Pingjun Featuring: video, The Open University

By Ding Pingjun (Guest)

14 October 2010

Living in Beijing, Ding Pingjun not only works in environmental protection, she also makes documentary films. She talks about the importance of capturing how other...  Read more : China diaries: Ding Pingjun

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