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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 27 > With the first car, a new life in China

With the first car, a new life in China

By Keith Bradsher / The Bulletin
April 27, 2008

SHUANG MIAO, China — Li Rifu packed a lot of emotional freight into his first car. Li, a 46-year-old farmer and watch repairman, and his wife secretly hoped a car would better the odds of their sons, then 22 and 24, finding girlfriends, marrying and producing grandchildren.

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