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...Jintao, China's President, has said repeatedly that the gap between rich and poor is one of the government's central concerns. In New Songjiang, the reasons for his insistence become obvious. Theoretically, migrant workers are supposed to receive some health-insurance benefits from the companies that hire them. But many, particularly day laborers who hook up with small contractors, do not. I spent one evening a few months ago in the emergency room of the huge, modern hospital in New Songjiang. In the space of about three hours, five construction workers were admitted, including one who had tumbled three...
...house three months ago for a 20% profit and moved to another place not far from here.) Another couple are both engineers who work for Intel, helping design the chipmaker's new factory in Dalian. Another young father, Chen Jun, 36, is a successful clothing wholesaler. These are not rich Chinese, but people who consider themselves solidly middle class. Chen says proudly that he's "the first in my family to own a car as well as a real house." Their homes are about the same size as ours, and they probably paid roughly the same price...
Clinton herself has already started to shift the focus away from this week's contests to Ohio and Texas, which vote on March 4. With their large Hispanic and working-class populations, Clinton's staff and many observers have believed the two delegate-rich states will be more friendly territory for her campaign, but increasingly they are viewed as must-wins, her last chance at the nomination-so much so that she is traveling to Texas on Tuesday. "I believe if you look at the states ... upcoming, I am very confident," Clinton told reporters after touring a General Motors plant...
...generous and much-needed financial donation. While the study of premodern Korean history has been sidelined by much larger and better-funded inquiries into Chinese and Japanese history for many years, a new focus on the early years of Korean civilization offers the potential to not only discover the rich and vibrant roots of contemporary Korean culture, but can also serve as a diplomatic salve for an increasingly embittered academic and political exchange between the two Koreas and their neighbors. As an academic venture, the Early Korea Project stands to offer much to those interested in the nuances of Korean...
...That left the nation's pundits gazing on in astonishment at the possibility the divided UMP might still manage to lose this so-called "ghetto of the rich". Because if Neuilly isn't safe for the UMP, no place is. Perched on the capital's western perimeter, with the leafy, sprawling Bois de Boulogne on its southern flank, Neuilly is a kind of Parisian Upper East Side: a quick commute to downtown offices, and a quiet residential enclave whose location gives residents a jump start on the Friday rush to Normandy beach homes. It was here, among the French film...