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A general view shows the Shanghai city skyline on a sunny day in Shanghai, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


How Big Can China’s Cities Get?

How Big Can China’s Cities Get?

By any measure, Shanghai is one of the world’s biggest cities. It’s home to more than 24 million people. Its subway system is the longest ever built, extending to its rural limits. Crowds are so thick that burly “shovers” get paid to help pack...
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People lay down flowers during a memorial ceremony in memory of people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year’s celebration on the Bund, in Shanghai, China, on January 1, 2015. (Reuters/Aly Song)


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Fire crews work the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)


Two killed in San Francisco plane crash

Two killed in San Francisco plane crash

San Francisco/Seoul, Reuters—An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people on board crashed and burst into flames as it landed at San Francisco International Airport after a flight from Seoul, killing two people and injuring more than 180. Witnesses to...
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File photo of Chinese students brandishing Mao Zedong’s little Red Book. (Asharq AL-Awsat)


What are the Chinese reading?

What are the Chinese reading?

Shanghai, Asharq Al-Awsat—For decades, Sinologists have wondered whether China could build a capitalist economy without adopting the political culture that goes with it. The answer to that question is still pending. However, a survey of the political literature that...