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Liu wrote:well, here is a link,which shows how villiages in one unnamed Chinese county are being upgraded....

By upgraded you mean it now looks likes strip malls in the US and Canada. Completely devoid of any identity.

I really liked the pictures of the old villages.

Sad...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNtIwqN01bI

Doordarshan Interview

Watch from 31:30 - 32:15

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Supratik wrote:Arvind Panagariya is being considered for FM.

See economy thread.

I think it will be Piyush Goyal

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Arab royal hunts down 2,100 houbara bustards in three week safari
http://www.dawn.com/news/1101272

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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RajeshA wrote:Now Mrs Antonia Maino Gandhi, alias Sonia ji, has decided to chip in and contribute to this thread and explain her ideas on "Bharatiyata"!

I wonder, I wonder ....

Why is the Aaj Tak Clock not working?

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3. now,Chinese economy is growing faster . the Chinese prostitutes outside CHina is alsodecreasing rapidly. Once Chinese prositutes disppear like Japanese ones, those prostitutes form poorer countries will still be there. Liu The one common chinese enterprise I found in poorest of poor countries wa...

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https://twitter.com/anilkapurk/status/452466756561276928/photo/1 2.5 Billion Swiss Frans. where is it. Only 9 cr reported[/quote] Is there an English translation available? The figure seems to be 2.5 Million, the text isn't clear.[/quote] It is billion as per lot of Google links. http://ramanan50.w...

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TSJones wrote:^^^^^China should be careful about pushing Japan around. China might re-awaken them. They've been slumbering for 60 years and they know tech.

That ship has sailed. Japan is now up from its deep slumber and rumbling.

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Liu - Thank you for sharing your views. It helps me get an insight into how and what makes China tick and why other nations can not copy or replicate the China Model.

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ramana wrote:So what is happening in South Sudan? Wasnt the area to be independent? Is this a KSA Sunni backlash for losing Syria?

One word - Oil

A lot of Oil and Gas reserves ended up with South Sudan. The North and other vested interests want it.

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President of China Railway Group commits suicide - reports Economic Information, a newspaper published by the official Xinhua News Agency, quoted a colleague as saying that part of the cause of Bai's depression might be the heavy debts that his company has run up . Wang Mengshu, one of the country'...

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Poaqfools Phooll BarSao, Khalifa E Poaq Ayya Hai:Malsi Bhi Saath Laya Hai Mullah F azl lullah reaches North Waziristan MIRANSHAH: Mullah Fazlullah,Power Be Upon Him, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief, along with 15 companions have arrived in North Waziristan, Geo News reported.Sources said the...

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Moscow paraded dummy missiles POSTING IN FULL as this is a cached article from 1998 Moscow paraded dummy missiles MANY OF the huge strategic missiles displayed in Red Square parades during the Soviet era were only dummies, but they scared the West into an expensive response, a Russian magazine repo...

Shankas · Re: PRC Economy - New Reflections : Dec 15 2011 Coal Country, West Virginia

Coal Country, West Virginia

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EQUAL = EQUAL Outrage in Pakistan as police slow to arrest murder suspects from elite class Shahzeb Khan was cruising through the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, in the early hours of Christmas morning in a blue Suzuki Swift, an early birthday present from his parents. The 20-year-old university stude...

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A couple of examples of things to come

Water filtration firm brings manufacturing home from China

Hornby model paint production exits China as costs soar

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Now if only the Desis understood that Wheel Chairs are for genuine requirements only. Its funny to see nearly all folks above 55 in wheel chairs and the airline staff doing multiple trips back and fro for carting passengers on the limited number of wheel chairs. Its not the parents, but the kids wh...

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Sanku wrote:
JE Menon wrote:Is that photo from Tibet? Doesn't seem likely. Carton says Himachal Apples
It has a free Tibet flag in the background, certainly cant be Tibet.

What about the SDRE in Hawai Chappals.

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Looks like Black and Silver are favorite colors

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Received this email from Vonage. RE: Phone Number 1416xxxxxxx As a result of unforeseen price increases ordered by the Telecommunications Authority and the Ministry of Information Technology in Pakistan, Vonage and carriers worldwide will experience a dramatic increase in the cost for completing cal...

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China Economic Data Questioned As Electricity Use Slows The figures that go into China’s gross domestic product are “man-made” and “for reference only,” Li Keqiang, then a regional Communist Party head, said in 2007. China’s registered urban unemployment has moved between just under 4 percent and 4...

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Some drivers really do mistake the dotted line as markers for them to center their cars. They think it is more useful to center their vehicles rather than between two lanes. :-) The strategy gives them more leeway as the line just has to be between the two tires, and not necessarily at the center. ...

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Can you ask your friend how many Chinese women marry Africans? If that number is 0, then it can be said that Chinese men are just legally screwing African women while they are there. Once they feel that nothing much to be made in that country, they will simply dump those women and children and go b...

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In China, Economics is Politics The problem is not the growth level itself, since the world’s second-largest economy is presumably still tracking for about 7 percent to 8 percent expansion in 2012. The concern is that all drivers of GDP growth appear to be faltering . There was once almost blind co...

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A US citizen is made Mali PM Mali's new prime minister, Cheick Modibo Diarra, is an accomplished astrophysicist who worked on five NASA missions and became a US citizen , but said he never forgot the Malian town of his birth. Before joining Malian politics, Mr Diarra served as Microsoft's Africa ch...

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KJoishy wrote:What's MR?

Market Research

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^^^
My mom did the same. She'd call it bucket size

At Starbucks in US/Canada they have a size called "Short" which is smaller than "Tall". They don't advertise it.

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Narayana Rao wrote:What is "Parkour" gurus?

Parkour

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sha wrote:In China there're worse factories than Foxconn. The Fonconn provides its workers with swiming pool, cinema, sports center etc.

I too have heard that Foxconn provides these amazing facilities and more. Buildings are covered with nets to protect workers practicing "Parkour" on rooftops.

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shyam wrote:DEBT LIMIT - A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FEDERAL DEBT MADE EASY.

Nobody understands debt

The way American politicians and pundits think about debt is all wrong, and exaggerates the problem's size
by Paul Krugman

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Strange isnt it ? The western "free" press has been lying about TAM all these years while the CCP has been closer to the truth. http://ilookchina.net/2011/07/26/the-tiananmen-square-hoax/ Don't just believe a hoax just to satisfy your hatred of the CCP. Salamat Paji Please feel "free...

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The coincidence between India's decision to raise 1 lakh troops for the Chinese border (dated November 2, 2011) and the news item below 23 days later in which TSP is threatening to move 1 lakh troops to the Indian border. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-may-redeploy-1-lakh-troops-along-indian...

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wow..if buffalo is on the mend, things must indeed be getting better for US manufacturing and tourism. I remember the look it had back in 90s...quite bad. No, Buffalo still looks just like it did in the 90's. If anything it has probably come up to look like it did in the 90's. You can imagine the h...

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US Economy Barometer Folks, I visit Buffalo/Niagara region in New York at least once every 3 months. I was there today and things are rebounding. * New stores have opened in the past 3 months * Stores are well stocked and do not have a lot of discount * Several stores have "Now Hiring" sig...

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A People's Forest

A teacher, a postman, a grocery store owner and an ayurvedic healer: This is the team that inspired the reforestation of 700 hectares in Uttarakhand.

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Is that right, 6 million are working on the Rail lines. :eek: :shock: Where do they go after the project goes bankrupt as seems likely soon. As the system runs out of free money expects standards & maintenance to drop. More and worse accidents are in the future. My thoughts exactly. Also if 6 m...

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China railway, road projects face cash crunch, slowing payments to suppliers, workers Many of the 6 million migrant workers employed in China's massive railway buildup have not been paid for months, with some 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) of projects halted due to a lack of money, reports said We...

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I keep hearing Pushtun Clan, Uzbek clan, Blaooch clan, clans sympathetic to iran, clan sympathetic to pakistan, etc.etc. What is the identity of Afghanistan? What is the glue that holds it together? Why not split it up along ethnic lines? Why none of its border countries want a piece of it? Just thi...

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In a all out war situation using the railways for large amounts of men/material movement would be strategically suicidal. Most of TSP railways are less than 100-200 kms from the border, 3-4 hours away from a quick maneuver. Lease/sell them with a built in kill switch. Once troops and tanks are load...

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Lutheran Terrorists

Saw this last night as I was channel surfing. Thought this was the best place to post it.

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