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Beijing: Signs of real progress?

Traffic moves on one side of the road, up from no side of the road, while the construction project (right) was there last year, as opposed to a new start, at Dawanglu where I lived for three years.On Oct. 17, the logo for Beijing Capital International... ...full story at Laowiseass

from Laowiseass on Tue, Oct 20 2009

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