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has been a focal point for China's massive economic upheaval in recent years, expanding rapidly in population, sprawl, and pollution. Though such growth offers Beijing an opportunity to be a pioneer in sustainable development, more often than not short-term concerns have been allowed to prevail over long-term ones. China's leaders have come to think of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a critical opportunity to present the country's new face to the world....


redlining.jpegRedlining is the practice of denying or increasing the cost of services, such as banking, insurance, access to jobs, access to health care, or even supermarkets to residents in certain, often racially determined, areas. The most devastating form of redlining, and the most common use of the term, refers to mortgage discrimination...


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