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At the start of the new year, it is customary for media reports to review and forecast what has gone before and what lies ahead. China, thanks to its expand-ing global influence, is a hot topic to latch on to, most notably in Western media.Huang Qing, Desk Editor with People's Daily, examines this process in an edito-rial. Excerpts follow: