Topic: China
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In China, Great Urbanization Brings Great Health Risks
Better care is needed for rural-to-urban migrant workers, a new review concludes.
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How U.S. Companies Decide Where To Locate Their Chinese Factories
According to a new study, it's not just cheap labor that big tech companies are drawn to.
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Videos
Awful Product Idea of the Day: Live Turtle Key Rings
Beijing's street vendors are offering goldfish and small turtles sealed inside plastic trinkets for your amusement.
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Why China's Urbanization Isn't Creating a Middle Class
The nation's infamous two-tier classification system prevents rural migrants from rising up in cities.
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Cautionary U.S. Transportation Tales for India's Growing Cities
An American in India, advising cities on how to avoid traffic hell.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: U.K. Libraries Fight Off Waves of Pint-Sized Droogs
Also, Bogota outlaws public handguns; L.A. says no to beach football; a palm-reading aptitude test is no longer acceptable in China; and Hoboken bans Snookie.
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The Challenges of Burying the Dead in Urban Asia
Space restraints have led to new rituals in Far Eastern cities.
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Can China Support Its New Urban Majority?
According to a new report, the country could face major food and water shortages thanks to climate change
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Percent of the Day: 51.27
The majority of China now lives in cities
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Postcard
Postcard From Wuhan
The city has pledged to build a new subway line every year between now and 2017
