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		wonnage on April 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Welcome to Shanghai, the capital of the future China has been "about to implode" according to misguided Western observers since 1989 and shows no signs of doing so 30 years later.

mensetmanusman on April 26, 2019 [–]

They said the same about Rome

chillacy on April 27, 2019 | [–]

The great thing about being a bear is that you’ll be right eventually, but the million dollar question is when

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