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In the gray areas of the economy

It doesn’t take long in China to run into someone who toils in the gray areas of the economy – which are neither legal nor illegal. The man in the photo, Zhou Xiaodong, is one such person. He’s a tattoo... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Wed, Apr 08 2009

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