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Shanghai Census or Expo Security?

Friday night, while hosting a dinner party, one of my friends was stopped in my lobby by a member of Shanghai’s finest and asked to present her passport. minutes later, “officials” who appeared to be with the census bureau were at my... ...full story at All Roads

from All Roads on Mon, Sep 07 2009

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