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China's got the biggest mall in the world! via Kottke via Blogdex
The mall, partly done by the Atlanta-based firm of Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart and Stewart, stems from the Communist Party's push for a "xiao kang" society, a term that picks up traditional Chinese dreams of prosperity - a car in every garage, a chicken in every wok.
For more China reading, see The Perils of Pat - Yes, huge mistakes were made and hundreds of millions of dollars were lost. Yes, China's banking sector is "a cock-up of truly astronomical proportions". And yes, joint-ventures were probably never a good way to go..