China's New Tomorrowland

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August 18, 2010, 12:10:04 AM
China's New Tomorrowland

Once a misty, forgotten backwater, the western Chinese city of Chongqing is growing faster than mapmakers and even government officials can track.

PHOTOS BY MATTHEW NIEDERHAUSER/INSTITUTE | AUGUST 16, 2010




A $200 million futuristic opera house, heralded by city leaders anxious for a signature building on par with Beijing's CCTV tower, has drawn criticism from locals for its resemblance to a "giant green tank." Here, a woman with an umbrella passes in front.


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After the Revolution of 1905, the Czar had prudently prepared for further outbreaks by transferring some $400 million in cash to the New York banks, Chase, National City, Guaranty Trust, J.P.Morgan Co., and Hanover Trust. In 1914, these same banks bought the controlling number of shares in the newly organized Federal Reserve Bank of New York, paying for the stock with the Czar\'s sequestered funds. In November 1917,  Red Guards drove a truck to the Imperial Bank and removed the Romanoff gold and jewels. The gold was later shipped directly to Kuhn, Loeb Co. in New York.-- Curse of Canaan
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