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Once the Chinese got their act together, these cities’ role in intermediating the region’s finances would be marginalized by Shanghai, Shenzhen, and other new centers.
But, unless New York’s populist new mayor, Bill de Blasio, tries to run the banks out of town, Western sheriff-style, these cities do not seem likely to steal Wall Street’s crown anytime soon.
I do worry that the government is not moving fast enough to grant the country’s millions of migrant workers official residency in the cities where they work and live.
Osama bin Laden’s PakistanNEW DELHI – The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces in a helicopter assault on a sprawling luxury mansion near Islamabad recalls the capture of other Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistani cities.
Other terrorist leaders captured in Pakistan since 9/11 – including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Al Qaeda’s third in command;Abu Zubeida, the network’s operations chief;Yasser Jazeeri;Abu Faraj Farj; and Ramzi Binalshibh, one of the coordinators of 9/11 – were also found living in cities across Pakistan.
Taking Turkey SeriouslySTOCKHOLM – Istanbul, in western Turkey, is one of Europe’s great cities.
Observing that enterprise, exploration, and creation could be engaging, even engrossing, and deeply gratifying, Americans came to view working in businesses, from rural areas to cities, as a path to the Good Life.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of US cities, and thousands of others in Europe, to demand a fairer system.
Two of the most vexing official constraints on Chinese citizens are restrictions on movement from the countryside to cities and limits on the number of children born to couples.
The world’s 20 largest cities, 75% of which are in Asia, will need an estimated 36 million new housing units by 2025.
In the 2017 election, AfD voters tended to be men between the ages of 30 and 59 with only secondary education or vocational training, working blue-collar jobs – often with little job security – in small cities and rural areas.
For example, the ride-hailing app Careem has grown from a start-up to a billion-dollar company, creating thousands of jobs in more than 90 cities in the MENA region and in Pakistan and Turkey.
Hotels in China’s provincial cities can make five-star hotels in Western capitals looked shabby.
Dust and smog choke its cities.
Mastering Our Urban FutureNEW YORK – By the end of this century, ten billion people will inhabit our planet, with 8.5 billion living in cities.
But, with sufficient political will, vision, and creativity – along with some simple, practical policy changes – we may be able to create cities of dreams.
As cities expand, they swallow up land that would otherwise be used for food production.
The battle to keep the world's cities – and thus the global economy – both dynamic and sustainable can be won by developing innovative ways to consume our limited resources, without diminishing them or degrading the delicate ecological systems on which they depend.
First, we must change the way we design cities.Sustainability must be central to all urban planning, particularly in coastal cities that will soon face the ravaging effects of climate change.
Denser cities use land more efficiently, reduce the need for private cars, and increase the quality of life by making space for parks and nature.
Delhi's cleaner air hasn't cost much, yet other cities have been slow to follow suit.
Eventually, however, India has no choice: there are already sporadic riots over water shortage, while water tankers move under armed guard in some cities, and virulent conflicts arise between communities over water-sharing.
By all accounts, one of the group’s ultimate goals is stewardship of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
Indeed, ten years after the start of the war in Iraq, groups affiliated with Al Qaeda have taken control of key Iraqi cities, including the symbolically important city of Fallujah.
Indian cities such as Bangalore, Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and Hyderabad are becoming locations for software and hardware exports, the cutting edge of India's modern economy.
Clearly, plants located near tsunami-prone areas need to be reconsidered, and some countries have power plants in disturbingly close proximity to seismic faults – and to large cities.
So it was in bombed German cities during World War II; so it was in Vietnam; and so it is turning out to be in Gaza.
In the country’s inner cities, millions of young Hispanics and African-Americans face the insecurity of a dysfunctional and unfair police and judicial system; crossing the path of a policeman who has had a bad night may lead to an unwarranted prison sentence – or worse.
Beyond subjugating those in the caliphate, exterminating the Shia, and gaining custodianship of Islam's holy cities in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic State ultimately embraces an apocalyptic vision, to be realized through a sectarian totalitarianism that embodies divine revelation – and thus envisions no compromise or competition.
The world’s major cities are clogged with traffic jams and pollution.
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