No city better illustrates the China boom than Perth, the capital of Western Australia, a state five times as big as Texas that holds the bulk of Australia’s mineral wealth. The state’s average income has jumped $10,000 in five years to more than $70,000, thanks to China’s purchases of iron ore, natural gas and other [...]

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