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> [ Go walk the streets of Beijing. It's pretty hard to argue it isn't a modern city. Now, if you go outside \[of Beijing\], in the rural areas, that's true. But rural America, you can say the same thing, in Appalachia… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/go-walk-the-streets-of-beijing-it-s-pretty-hard-to-argue-it-isn-t-a/)

[Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/)

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> [Our company has only been active in Beijing and Shanghai, two very market-dominated cities. This was an advantage. Land is purchased here in public auctions, in a transparent way. When you do real estate development outside Beijing and Shanghai it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/our-company-has-only-been-active-in-beijing-and-shanghai-two-very/)

[Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/)

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