As Asian politicians, business elites and even the region’s poor are dreaming of turning their cities – from China to Cambodia - into futuristic Bladerunner-style neon ghettos, the United Arab Emirates appear to be well ahead in creating superlative anti-people environments.
On January 4th 2010, Dubai gave the world a fantastically absurd New Year’s present by [...]
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