May 12 2008
Welker’s daily links 05/12/2008
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Country’s own jumbo jet company takes off — Shanghai Daily | ???? — English Window to China News
China has made its first steps towards competing with the giants of the jumbo jet industry, Airbus and Boeing. It will take a while to achieve the economies of scale required to compete in the global market, but a heavy dose of government backed investment may be enough to get the Shanghai based compnay off the ground.
About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. Jason was an international school student in Malaysia before studying economics at Seattle University then earning his Masters in Education. He calls Seattle and Northern Idaho home. In addition to maintaining an economics wiki and this blog for economics student and educators, Jason also gives presentations on using Web 2.0 tools in education at workshops and conferences around the world. His economics wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards". 
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