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Why The West Can Never Compete With China

December 11, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

From The Economist:

Some firms would have been put off by the fact that non-Muslims are barred from working in Mecca, so China simply converted hundreds of railway workers to Islam.

Classy. Though I don’t quite understand why they didn’t employ uighur Chinese instead.