China trying again to tame booming economy (AP)

by Populux | July 12, 2006 at 02:36 pm
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CHANGSHA, Hunan - The projects sound innocuous enough: "Star Town," "Dingji Mountain Villas," "Rockefeller Center." A massive new traffic police headquarters. Sunhere International Mall, floor space sufficient to cover 123 football fields. But the flurry of construction in Changsha, a southern Chinese city astride a cocoa-colored river that until recently was far removed from the industrial bustle of affluent coastal areas, is typical of the building frenzy that has Beijing's economic planners ...
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