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In western China, a high-stakes effort is underway to spread the country's wealth and preserve political stability. CHONGQING, CHINA - From this teeming industrial city in central China, the country's past is furiously racing to catch up with its future. Construction cranes and massive shells of new buildings peer through the smog-choked skyline as millions of cars jam the streets, a collision of noise and smells that overloads the senses of even the most hardened urbanite. Yet just a few miles away, poor farmers quietly toil the land just as their ancestors have done for centuries, evidence that in China, everything has changed for some, while for others, nothing has changed. When the Summer Olympics opens in Beijing next month, it will unquestionably be a moment of triumph and pride for this country of more than a billion... [read full story]
