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23 September 2013 Last updated at 14:12

Brand invasion The secrets to succeeding in China Brand logos

Chinese Dream? Is China having its Kennedy moment? Graduates next to the Chinese flag during a graduation ceremony at Fudan University in Shanghai, 28 June 2013

Caste or Class? Can India's new middle class transcend caste? Vishal Nalawade and Shraddha Meshram together after their marriage caused a rift with their families because of their different caste-status

Demanding more The precarious position of Brazil's middle-class Tainá Ferreira at her wedding and protesters hitting the streets in June

Stay or go? Hard choices for Egypt's middle class Nabily Hamdy and her four children before they left Egypt

Is the Chinese Dream achievable? The rocky road to prosperity A Chinese mother and daughter walking in the street

Made in the USA Can China save America's middle class? Lenovo's first assembly line in the USA

Tough assignment The graduates making sacrifices to find work Jose Del Arco who has had to move in with his parents in Madrid and Mahima Gupta who has had to move from London to India because neither of them could find work Watch

Fight or bright? Two graduates on their very different prospects Graduates Watch

New Middle Classes

Hundreds of millions of people around the World are escaping poverty and becoming "middle class". These new consumers will change the balance of economic power on the planet. Meet the 'New Middle Class' across the BBC online, on TV and on Radio.

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