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Quake city to auction its iconic complex

THE local government of Chengdu City, capital of China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan Province, has decided to auction off its smartly designed administrative complex to raise more disaster relief money. Government... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jul 18 2008

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