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  • 131cars and taxis — Despite the newfound prominence of the private sedan in post socialist China, the history of the motorized vehicle in China has been one marked by scorn, rejection and opprobrium. If the slick, latest model cars of the 1990s and the new… …

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  • 132venal — adjective /ˈviːnəl/ a) venous; pertaining to veins Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we… …

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