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On November 28, China’s powerful State Council submitted a proposal to amend the country’s Land Management Law to the standing committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC). The amendment, which observers expect the NPC to approve soon, will be followed by promulgation of the new Administrative Regulation on Rural Land Appropriation and Compensation. According to [...]

Beijing, a city of 20 million, is planning to take harsh measures against its notorious traffic jams. According to The Beijing News (@新京报), a local newspaper, the Beijing transportation bureau is reviving a radical scheme that could keep half of its private cars off the road by 2013 in order to mitigate the capital’s notorious [...]