From left to right: Xi Jinping, Herman Van Rompuy, Barack Obama

Eurozone crisis for Europe, fiscal cliff for the United States: At the beginning of 2013, the economic woes of the West are benefiting China, as the Far East nation continues to grow and increase its global influence.

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