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07.15.15China Detains South Africans, Britons Accused of Viewing 'Terror' Videos
Reuters
China detained nine foreign tourists including South Africans, Britons and an Indian national.
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10.25.13To Live and Die in Ordos
Film Business Asia
This film is a character study of a socially responsible cop in a get-rich-quick modern bordertown whose life conveniently sums up the social and ethical tensions through which the whole country has been going during the past decade or so.
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07.09.13A Chinese City is Asking Its Companies to Pay Public Sector Salaries Because It Can’t Afford Them
Quartz
Local government debt is now so unwieldy in China that some desperate city governments, such as that of western Ordos, have turned to the private sector for help to pay their employees.
Caixin Media
08.31.12
Tall Order in Ordos
A desert city infamously littered with new but vacant apartment buildings and idle construction sites is getting no relief in the parched climate for local government budgets.Ordos, where local leaders have been trying for years to build a thriving...
Environment
08.08.12Doomed Toilet Scheme Was “Valuable Experience”
from chinadialogue
For a large share of the 750 million urban people worldwide who lack adequate sanitation, flush toilets connected to municipal sewers are not a viable option due to poverty, water shortages, groundwater contamination risks, and other issues. The...