Success comes with a caveat

Since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001,China's international tradehas risen trillions of dollars in just eight years.

These figures ably demonstrate the astounding growth that China has gone through during this period - justthe nation's ability to keep up with that pace has been a massive challenge of infrastructure, forward planning and sound governance.

While it is hardly surprising then that occasional disputes have arisen, most political pundits agree that China has in principle stuckto its negotiated position and has notused the WTO as a sounding board for bullying other nations to take its products.