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Apr 20, 2021

About China’s “poverty alleviation slow trains”

In China, low-income riders rely on slow, government-subsidized trains. Also on today’s show: Commercial construction faces a rocky year, and Apple bets that users will opt in to be tracked.

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One of 81 routes that services remote places in China as part of the government's poverty alleviation efforts.
One of 81 routes that services remote places in China as part of the government's poverty alleviation efforts.
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About China’s “poverty alleviation slow trains”