With such growing clout, some believe the Obama administration has gone out of its way to avoid offending Beijing.

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Ultimately, it will be impossible to avoid doing business with Beijing.

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The military said however that vehicles purchased before the ban will still be used "to avoid waste", The Beijing News reports.

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Some might opt to avoid very expensive cities, such as Beijing or Shanghai, for up-and-coming smaller urban centers such as Chengdu, the provincial capital of agriculturally fecund Sichuan province.

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