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| The city of Dalian, like most of the other 53 cities of over a million people in China, is not known to most Americans. With nearly 7 million, twice the size and more of Houston and Dallas, it is booming. |
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| In the industrial port area outside of town apartments are being built as quickly as they can construct them |
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| I visited this complex that was built 45 years ago. It is scheduled to be torn down and sits in the shadow of modern buildings just around the corner. |
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| A local shopping area |
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| In American Department stores it's sometimes hard to find help. In China's top department stores, women, all dressed in uniforms, different for each department, stand ready to help |
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| These ladies preferred I buy something instead of taking their photograph. Every department store is China, home of many malls larger that our Gallerias, seem to have more help than they need. These jobs are often underwritten by the government. |
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