Making sense of that activity is the province of Union Metrics, a measurement and analytics service and preferred partner of the fast-growing social blogging platform.

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Since then, most of China's fast-growing ranks of rich businessmen have preferred to play things safe.

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As far as the preferred mode of public transportation goes, however, Tsao belongs to a growing number of Beijing residents who are opting for the slower bus to the supposedly far more efficient subway.

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