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  • Welcome to Nakhchivan, the San Francisco of the Caucasus Mountains

    As my plane touched down in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, I half expected to step out into a crumbling landscape ripped from a still of 'Enemy at the Gates.' Admittedly, I’d formed this image based on scant and stale stories, but the modern history of this massive exclave—a 2,000 square mile chunk of Azerbaijan cut off from the main body of the country by hostile Armenia—doesn’t lend itself to hope and happy thoughts. Full story

    2013 May 8 Mark Hay Travel
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  • China's Self-Sustaining Man Is Cyberpunk in Real Life

    He runs a custom electronics-manufacturing outfit from his living room, grows organic vegetables in his garden, and even raises chickens and pigeons on his roof. It’s the kind of self-sufficiency that would make an eco-freak blush and the entrepreneurial spirit generally reserved… Full story

    2013 Feb 7 Alec Liu Tech
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