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That leaves plenty of headroom for expansion as Beijing promotes road projects and other infrastructure spending to bolster economic growth.
CNN: TARRED BY A BROAD BRUSH
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In addition to imposing huge fines, technocrats have been resorting to unusual tactics, such as buying vegetable stands in Beijing, eliminating road tolls for trucks carrying farm produce, and flooding markets with strawberries discharged from state reserves.
FORBES: China Imposes Price Controls, Informally
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Even so, they face a three-year wait for a place in the Jingyuan Road housing project in Beijing's outer Shijingshan district, far away from any public transportation.
BBC: Home ownership dreams in booming Beijing