On 23-25 May 2018, leading scholars from around the world (see below for a list) will gather at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in the United States to explore diversity and uniformity in the Archaic Greek world. All of the speakers are contributors to the forthcoming Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World (OHAGW), edited by Paul Cartledge (Cambridge University) and Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College).

OHAGW will provide detailed studies of 29 sites, sanctuaries, and regions in Greece during the Archaic period. Each essay in OHAGW will be built around the same set of eleven rubrics, so that it will be possible to read either vertically (reading a complete study of a single site) or horizontally (reading, for example, about the economic history of a number of differentimproved living standard".

Chinese trade has suffered from US tariff hikes in a fight over Beijing's trade surplus and technology plans.

The third-quarter performance was also at the bottom end of the government's full-year economic growth target of 6.0-6.5 per cent. China's economy grew at 6.6 per cent in 2018.

China's trading partners and investors are closely watching the health of the world's second-largest economy as the trade war with the United States fuels fears about a global recession.

"There is a lot of uncertainty, still, regarding the US-China trade agreement," said Ho Woei Chen, economist at UOB in Singapore. "I think the December 15 tariffs will have very important implications for Chinese growth in 2020. Beijing's approach has been rather measured and targeted and they will continue to be so."

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