1. Nurturing champions is a task that teeters from amiable dictatorship to stern pampering, as the mother of Hou Yifan will tell you.
2. In the meantime, the world teeters on the edge of recession.
3. The elegantly warm decor teeters between rich and exotic, making it easy to forget you're still in Beijing.
4. The United Nations has voted to make the Bosnian town of Srebrenica a safe haven, as the town teeters on the brink of falling to Bosnian Serb forces.
5. It teeters between embracing the market with investment and exports, and denying it with trade barriers.