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China's Year of Living Precariously

China's Year of Living Precariously

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Dec 22, 2008
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In Dongguan, an export center close to Hong Kong, the police last week reported a record rise in the crime rate – 5,300 cases in the first 15 days of December – and issued a handbook for residents to protect themselves from violence, street robberies and break-ins.

The warning came during the same week that Presiden…

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