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China is in the middle of a revolution…Again. But this time it is not a political revolution or a cultural one; it is a technological revolution. And it is fuelling change in a country that had for so long been stuck in a cycle of backwa... ...full story at Independent

from Independent on Tue, Sep 23 2008

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