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Europe’s financial contagion
Greece sneezed, and now most of Europe has a cold. The European debt crisis has already spread like a virus from Greece to Ireland and Portugal, and other countries are now at risk: Spain, and Italy are probable candidates for financial problems.
Clean technological companies' locations in china
Source
http://www.jiangsu.env.cn/env/jiangsu/index2011-01-12.html
left column is the legends bar for the developed industries
right column is the legend bar for the developing industries
from top to bottom, here are the different types of companies for both the developed and developing(they are all the same, in the exact same order):
energy conservation industry
new informational technology industry
biological industry
high tech manufacturing industry
new energy industry
new material industry
new energy automobile industry
Category
Level
Image Type
Year
Geographic Area