Trade Profile: China Stands Its Ground

China's economic rise has been nothing short of astounding. In the span of a few decades, the country brought itself out of isolation and into the center of the global economy. Though the country followed a similar trajectory to that of Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong -- the so-called Asian Tigers -- as it developed its economy, the challenges and considerations it dealt with along the way set its story apart. And its transformation isn't over yet....