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"In the three decades since economic liberalisation began, China's urban population has risen by more than 500m, the equivalent of America plus three Britains. China's cities, already home to more than half the country's people, are growing by roughly the population of Pennsylvania every year. By 2030 they will contain around a billion people-about 70% of China's population, and perhaps an eighth of humanity. China's fate, and that of the Communist Party, will be determined by the stability of its cities"

AYUTTHAYA: A makeshift embankment at a bridge leading into a major industrial estate collapsed yesterday, allowing floodwaters to surge in, causing damages that could run up to 18 billion baht. OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS: A man casts his fishing net near the reclining Buddha image at Wat Loke Yasutha temple in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya province yesterday.