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We're Now In One Of Those Periods When The Reality Of Intense Pressure On The Middle Class Diverges From Long-held Assumptions Of How The American Bargain Should Work

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For The Record, I Am Sticking With My Claim That The Simultaneous Degradation Of Air Quality, Water Quality, Water Supply, Food Safety, Soil Quality, And Other Environment-related Variables Is The Main Challenge To China's Continued Development.

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