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Mumbai to Shanghai, a Distant Dream

The Indian financial capital of Mumbai is struggling to realize its dream of becoming the South Asian nation's version of China's Shanghai. Ill-equipped and underpaid, laborers working on the expansion of Mumbai's infrastructure face the greatest risks.

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