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Nearly half of Americans in a recent poll believe China has surpassed America as having the strongest economy in the world, and more than half blame outsourcing and the loss of manufacturing jobs for the shift.

The world economy is poised for more of the same in 2011: booming growth in China, India and Brazil, and a sluggish crawl in much of the rest of the developed world. Here are the five most important factors driving sluggish economic growth in the U.S.

Mining company Rio Tinto (RIO) produced record quantities of iron ore in the third quarter on rampant demand from China. The company produced a whopped a 47.6 million tons of iron ore in the three months to September, BBC News said. Sponsored Links China is importing huge amounts of iron ore...

In Hong Kong Tuesday, the Hang Seng Index slid 1.8 percent to close at 21,240, and China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.2 percent, ending the day at 3,114. The Tokyo Stock Exchange was closed today in celebration of Culture Day. In Hong Kong, Trinity Ltd, the menswear division of mega clothing...