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To: RealMuLan who wrote (2901)3/18/2004 12:48:20 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6370
 
U.S. Benefiting From China's Boom

BEIJING, March 17, 2004

China Boom Helps U.S


Architect Ben Wood is finding lots of work in Shanghai, China. (Photo: CBS)

China is not just the new land of opportunity for Americans coming here, its powerhouse economy is starting to create a lot of jobs back in the United States.

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(CBS) Ben Wood is an American architect who's changing a city skyline. Not so unusual, except, the skyline he's changing is Shanghai, China.

He came here to design one project. But as CBS News Correspondent Barry Petersen reports, more work keeps pouring in. Now he's part of a growing number of Americans getting jobs because of China's booming economy.

"For a guy like me that's just extraordinary," says Wood. "This is like - I don't want to say it - but it's an architect's dream."

And he's not alone. More and more American are making it in the Chinese economy.

cbsnews.com