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  • May 2008
    • China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

      China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

      (Newser) - Beijing's new Olympic buildings will impress the world at first glance, Paul Goldberger writes in the New Yorker . The National Stadium boasts a lattice of crisscrossing beams, and the blue-gray Aquatic Center seems underwater with its translucent plastic pillows. But peel back the paint, and see evidence of what enrages the world about China. More »

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      China   2008 Beijing Olympics   Beijing   architecture   stadium   migrant labor

  • April 2008
  • September 2007
    • Indian 'Success Story' Funded by Migrants

      Indian 'Success Story' Funded by Migrants

      (Newser) - The South Indian state of Kerala, long touted for achieving a high quality of life in the face of dire poverty, relies heavily on earnings sent from menial jobs abroad, the New York Times reports. Offered as a leftist alternative to market-driven development in poor nations, Kerala is famous for the health care and education given to its populace despite a per capita income almost $100 lower than the Indian average. More »

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      India   world economy   Globalization   migrant labor

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