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this is fushan
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it's a city that was home to just 758
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000 people in 1985 that's now almost the
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same size as hong kong
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and yet despite its population of 7.4
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million people
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most of us would probably confess that
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we've never heard of it
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it's a story that's repeated time and
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time again with massive cities across
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this vast country and it speaks to the
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insane urbanization of this emerging
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superpower
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over the past 30 years quick sustained
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on a huge scale
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and all happening while other countries
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were distracted with their own problems
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these are the massive chinese cities
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you've never heard of
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yet
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sixty percent of china's 1.4 billion
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citizens
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now live in cities but it wasn't always
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like this
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with some of the most productive
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agricultural land in the world
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the population used to be spread across
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rural areas
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then in the 1970s and 80s social and
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economic reforms triggered the start of
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a major
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transition to urban living and many of
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the country's small weather gears
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transformed into
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enormous metropolises today
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more than 113 cities have a population
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of over a million people
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and the country is home to more of the
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world's largest cities than anywhere
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else
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it's a race of progression that was only
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really made possible by
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a long-term strategic plan to control
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urban growth
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with the majority of china's large
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cities concentrated in the northeast
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prior to the reforms
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special economic zones were established
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to shift the country's economic centre
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south
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while small and medium-sized cities
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across china were designated
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free trade high-tech economical and
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technological development zones
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to ensure investment jobs and population
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growth were not just limited to a
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handful of areas
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these widespread and varied economic
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incentives coupled with
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massive government spending on
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infrastructure to better connect to the
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country
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allowed new cities to seemingly grow out
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of nowhere
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at a rate that remains unmatched at any
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time in human history
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while the likes of shenzhen guangzhou
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and wuhan are now more widely known
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dozens of others are yet to achieve the
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same notoriety despite
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now having enormous populations and
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playing an increasingly important role
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in the global economy
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guyang is a classic example of this home
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to 900
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000 people before the reforms it's now a
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city of 3.4 million
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despite sitting more than 550 kilometers
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from the sea
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lacking the easy access to global
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markets that coastal cities enjoy
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guyan's economy transformed from one
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centred around machine manufacturing and
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mining
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to services with an emphasis on
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computing and big data
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foxconn microsoft and huawei all now run
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offices in the city
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despite now boasting a modern skyline gu
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yang has retained many historical sites
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including the qingyang ancient town and
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jiaxi pavilion
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which have contributed to a growing
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tourism base
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though still small for china the city
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opened its first metro line in 2017
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and has two more already under
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construction a network of eight
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is planned in total heading to the east
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coast
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wuxi forms part of the yangtze delta
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megalopolis that's now home to over 75
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million people
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nestled between shanghai and nanjing the
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city's gone from 850
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000 residents in 1985 to 3.3 million
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today
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that's bigger than athens
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when the wuxi new district was created
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in 1992 it began to turn the city into
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one of china's major industrial parks
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and a center for scientific and
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industrial innovation
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the likes of siemens hitachi volvo and
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astrazeneca
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are now all based there
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this abundance of multinationals has
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transformed the skyline and 21
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skyscrapers have been built since 2005.
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three super tools were opened in 2014
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alone
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tourism's also played a part in the
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city's growth particularly as it boasts
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one of the world's tallest statues the
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79 metre grand buddha at linchan
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for comparison the statue of liberty is
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just 46 metres tall
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without its base from a city of just
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half a million people in 1984
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ningbo also on china's east coast is now
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the same size as rome and montreal
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with a population of 4.2 million
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designated as one of 14
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open coastal cities in 1984 that's a
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special type of economic zone for port
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cities
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ningbo now acts as a trade hub for the
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southern yangtze river delta
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and since its merger with the
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neighbouring joshan in 2006
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it's become one of the busiest ports in
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the world
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as a result ningbo forms a major part of
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china's 21st century maritime silk road
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initiative
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better connecting eastern china with
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europe
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the city's transformation has seen it
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develop an impressive and modern skyline
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boasting
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22 skyscrapers with a further 12
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currently under construction
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including the 409 meter ningbo center
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that story of fushan's little known size
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is
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actually all to do with its location the
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city sits close to guangzhou which has a
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population of 13 million people
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and forms part of the pearl river
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greater bay area where it's overshadowed
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by the likes of macau
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shenzhen and hong kong to say that
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fushan
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is a major manufacturing hub is a bit of
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an understatement
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there are now more than 3 000 factories
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in the city producing
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more of the world's electrical
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appliances than anywhere else
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if you've purchased an air conditioner
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or fridge since 2014
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there's a 50 chance it was made right
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here
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sitting in the country's northeast jinan
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is now the same
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size as barcelona having grown its
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population to 5.6 million from just
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1.3 million back in 1983.
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the city is one of china's main tech
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hubs with the jinan high-tech industrial
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zone and the jinan export processing
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zone
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leading to the likes of panasonic volvo
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and sanyo all setting up operations
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there
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since the completion of its first
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skyscraper in 1997
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june and skyline now rivals los angeles
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with 27 skyscrapers already complete
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and a further seven currently under
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construction despite this
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rapid change j-nan's managed to remain
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one of the greenest cities in china
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accommodating much of its booming
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population in dense high-rise districts
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while allowing extensive green space to
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cover large parts of the city
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other countries have of course seen huge
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growth over the same time
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nothing comes close to either the scale
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or pace of what's happened in china
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since the 1980s
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while many of the country's massive new
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cities are yet to reach the same level
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of name recognition
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as others in the west their role in
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global trade and
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china's growing influence means it's
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only a matter of time
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before they become household names if
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