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China: A Torrent of Change
What I saw inside the world's most important dam.
November 23, 2009
China: A Torrent of Change

China may be taking baby steps to develop a consumer-based economy, but it's pretty clear that business of the nation is still business. The needs and comfort of individuals are routinely suborned to economic development. Much of China's commercial infrastructure—airports, bridges, shipping terminals, office buildings—is state of the art. But the intercity roads are for trucks and buses, not for passenger cars. The airports are designed to accommodate globe-trotting business travelers, not a mass market of local tourists. And while they may be lovely, the green waters of the Yangtze River—and the stunning amounts of concrete that have been poured into them—are intensely commercial. ( Click here to follow Daniel Gross ).

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open quoteFor $40 apiece, Obamamaniacs are taken to view holy sites like the Punahou School (the prep school Obama attended) and the building on Beretania Street where his beloved grandmother lived. ... there aren't many takers, since most tour companies have integrated these spots into their existing tours, "like what they did with the places familiar from the filming of Lost."
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