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...country's economy, as some 300-400 million people from dirt-poor farming regions made their way to relative prosperity in cities. Within the contours of that great migration, however, there is another one now about to take place - less visible, but arguably no less powerful. As China's major cities - there are now 49 with populations of one million or more, compared with nine in the U.S. in 2000 - become more crowded and more expensive, a phenomenon similar to the one that reshaped the U.S. in the aftermath of World War II has begun to take hold. That...
...suffice to say, doesn't believe you can keep them down on the farm, and neither does anyone else. So people will continue to pour into Shanghai - and other major cities - and a good portion of the middle class will escape to the suburbs as the cities grow ever more crowded. So no, Guo added, he doesn't lose sleep over the prospect of real estate booms and busts here. "And neither," he added, smiling broadly, "should...
...generals' income with little cost to average Burmese. These measures have worked against tyrants before; they disabled Serbian tyrant Slobodan Milosevic's finances and put pressure on North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il - after Washington publicly identified a bank in the Chinese territory of Macau as a major conduit for North Korean money, the bank froze many North Korean accounts...
...markets, if it's shown at all, and that gap between demand and supply is often filled by piracy. Industry insiders estimate that as much as 33% of Indian film companies' revenues are lost to piracy each year, with many of the counterfeits going to foreign markets. Now, two major Bollywood studios aim to change that by making films directly available, via download, to the vast overseas market that contributes a fifth of the industry's revenues...
...significant shortfalls" in key positions. At Fort Knox, more than half the squad-leader positions--those most responsible for Cassidy's well-being--were unfilled. An Army report on TBI released in January also offered a grim assessment, finding "no specific standards" for dealing with the TBI problem, "major gaps" in coordinating care and "no medical-provider core competencies." Now the Army is rushing to catch up, setting up screening tools and treatment plans to deal with TBI and a "center of excellence" dedicated to the challenge...