yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/12/2008
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James Fallows writes about the rapidly expanding Beijing Metro — which has added several lines and extended others just during Fallows time living in China. This seems like an incredibly smart decision on the part of the Beijing government. Contemplating new heavy rail transit projects ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Kevin Drum raises the specter of the trade
deficit: Maybe we really can’t worry too much about
this at the moment. But the trade deficit bubble is going to pop eventually just like the dotcom bubble and the housing bubble. We at least ...
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Questions That Are Too Hard for Me
babalublog.com - 12/11/2008
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babalublog.com —
As you read this, I'm in transit to
Washington DC for a very special event. I, along
with a handful of other bloggers/new media users/activists, have been invited for a round table discussion with the President of the United States....
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Babalu Goes to Washington
nytimes.com - 12/20/2008
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nytimes.com —
Authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China
to the Web site of The New York Times
even while lifting some of the restrictions they had imposed on the Web sites of other media outlets. >
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China Blocks Access to The Times’s Web Site
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No We Can't
Eschaton —
No We Can't It is a bit weird that in the supposed richest country in the world even contemplating things like new subway lines is practically unpossible.
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