In the US, as the financial sector soared, the manufacturing base contracted sharply.

In the few industries that contracted in China, the US has gained employment.

When she was brought to the health centre, the nurse found that her veins had collapsed and she could not give her any injection.

The gaps between men and women in Civil Service's internal job tenders participation, both as candidates and appointees, have diminished in the past four years.

Likewise, FDI inflows have been expanding only in resource intensive sectors, while falling in services and practically stagnating in manufacturing.

It is not only the relative rankings that differ. Sometimes, one source will show a country growing by several percentage points, and another source will show it shrinking over the same time period.

But, while global economic integration did not regain its 1914 level until half a century later, military globalization grew as economic globalization shrank.