Bole China, a small city, Approx 500,000 people, 80 kilometres from the Kazakhstan border, with more construction going on than probably the whole of New Zealand put together. Somebody ordered a new city built, so there be the building of a new city. Thousand upon thousands of apartments, glittering shopping malls, green parks, visions of the next few years, and then the people will come, are coming, swamping the sometimes unruly hinterlands. It might be interesting to have a look at Tibet ? It really takes your breath away, when they decide to do something, it gets done. We will have fast trains across the country, ka ching done. Express ways from coast to western borders, thank you. A modern colonisation of Africa, job well in hand. As Hamish keeps saying you ain't seen nothing yet.
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