In this Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008 file photo, a real estate company representative counts banknotes after withdrawing cash from a bank in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province. China passed another milestone in its stunning rise Wednesday Jan. 14, 2008 when new data showed it leapfrogged Germany in 2007 to become the world's third-largest economy. (AP Photo/FIle)
