FINAL WORD: A paradox of principles

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FINAL WORD: A paradox of principles

On a sweltering August morning on the banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River, a sun-burned migrant worker sitting in a blue bulldozer wipes the sweat off his brow, turns the engine on and aims his machine at a tiny, two-storey home. He crushes it to rubble in less than 10 minutes.

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