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China At Its Best

James Fallows shares photos of an ancient Chinese city being reinvented by an American couple

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Village Dreamers

 October 2009

By James Fallows

In a lushly beautiful corner of China, an experiment is under way to determine how lush and beautiful the country can remain—or become—as its economy continues to grow. The test is occurring in Yunnan province, the hilly and subtropical area just north of Burma, Laos, and Vietnam, and it has brought together an improbable combination of American and Chinese personalities, institutions, and historical connections.

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