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China Sees Modernization Gap Amid Urban Labor Strain
The piece surveys new bridges over the Yangtze, canal work in Honan, a Loyang rubber-sole factory, and a rural-to-city transport reality. It contrasts modernization goals with enduring cart transport, underemployment, and bloated bureaucratic staff in Nanking and Beijing era programs.
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Changchow
Gee Aea
China
Yangtze
Nanking
Wuhan
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Honan
Stony Linhsien
Loyang
Canton
Shanghai
Peking
Mao
Foreign Exchange
American Express
Nanking Observatory