The technology centers now dominate industrial districts in New Delhi and Mumbai that were crowded 10 years ago with ramshackle garment factories.

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There are some obvious culprits: legislators who doggedly insist on maintaining military bases, and industrial assembly lines, in their home districts, and service chiefs who are keener on scoring points over rivals than on shaping America's overall defence posture.

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Far from the bright lights of Japan's shopping districts, however, young Chinese working in small industrial firms get anything but red-carpet treatment.

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Today, it is emblematic of older industrial cities, a focus of urban revitalization ideas including arts districts, bike paths, trams, and loft housing.

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