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‘The new New York is Beijing’

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING –   By all rights, Beijing should be suffering the post-Olympic hangover anticipated by skeptics and cynics.  China’s exports-driven economy has taken a big hit from the gl... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Wed, Jul 01 2009

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