1.0 link 58236 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-shank/trade-on-the-new-silk-roa_b_58236.html Recently, I read with interest an article in the International Herald Tribune regarding the groundbreaking of the environmentally sustainable town, Dongtan, slated for construction just outside of Shanghai. I'd been following news of the town since plans for it were first published a few years ago. But what was most striking about the IHT piece wasn't the details the town's creators were highlighting- the rooftops with energy-producing photovoltaic solar panels, the wind farms, the trash shutes -- but rather...

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