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Another Brick in the Wall

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Trucks Power China’s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost

Every night, columns of hulking freight trucks invade China’s major cities with a reverberating roar and dark clouds of diesel exhaust so thick it dims headlights.
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