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Chongqing, the next big thing?

Build the city, and the people and businesses will come. Or so the government hopes. Watch this video, Chongqing, City on Steroids, to see Chinese capitalism at work, for better of worse. The video is long and clearly intended for... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Sun, May 11 2008

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14 Oct 08 visit Chinese Chongqing dog's fighting  »  YouTube videoThis video was shot by CCDBC in Chongqing city.
08 May 08 visit Chongqing: A City on Steroids  »  All Roads Current TV has just released their newest installment City on Steroids, and it should not be missed. Shot in Chongqing, this segment is broken into three parts, Day 1 -Bang Bang Men (porters), rampant construction and individual home ownership (every...
09 May 08 visit Chongqing, city on steroids  »  Danwei Current TV has a new video about a city causes superlatives to spring from journalists' mouths and pens.This article is from Danwei.org
04 Nov 08 visit Chongqing promises to ease cabbies' plight as strike continues  »  People's Daily The government of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday responded to the demands of the city's striking taxi drivers with a series of measures intended to deal with their grievances. A municipal spokesman said the city would revise...
05 Apr 07 visit Hot Summer Could Lead to Days off Work in Chongqing  »  china.org.cn The city of Chongqing, one of the hottest in China, is considering a new regulation that will allow many outside workers to stay home when temperatures are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius.
26 Sep 08 visit Construction work starts on China's Lanzhou-Chongqing railway  »  People's Daily Work on a major railway connecting this city, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, with the southwestern city of Chongqing, began in Lanzhou on Friday. The 820-km, double-line electrified railway, co-invested by the Railway Ministry, Gansu...

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