For most Chinese companies, the domestic market is already so big and dynamic, the additional revenues offered by investing in smaller markets in the Gulf fail to justify the difficulty of operating there, according to Ben Simpfendorfer, an economist and author of The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China.

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There will be a range of powers to help make London a world class city, including new powers to tackle road congestion and improve public transport.

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But analysts think they may only be scratching the surface, given the enormous business opportunities associated with road improvements, new bridges and modern buildings around the world, particularly in Asia.

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So, you know, the fact that now I'm taking a new step into the acting world, you know, I'm headed down that road of someday going after that Oscar, man.

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But the fury was beginning to undermine a world-class athletic event, not to mention its organizing body, the New York Road Runners.

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And in 1922 they moved to a new site on Church Road, the one that is familiar to tennis fans around the world today, although it has undergone some major overhauls since.

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