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...Some 300 meters down the street is the Wenzhou Hotel, bankrolled by entrepreneurs from that famously commercial city on China's coast. In the karaoke lounge, 27-year-old businessman Wang Jianliang is giving a lengthy diatribe condemning the splittists. They are "just a small minority" he says, dismissively. Wang, who says he has been in Khotan for five years, adds that residents should be grateful for the economic development of recent years. "When I came out here it was nothing. Now it's a big city." He turns to belt out a ballad in his native Fujian dialect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China's Wild West | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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