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“China is the place to be”

Here in China it’s a wretched time for Pu’er tea investors, but otherwise things aren’t necessarily as grim as the newspapers might lead you to believe. At least that’s the claim of this China business blogger who just returned... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Sat, Jan 17 2009

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