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Features

• Special Report: China Storms Africa

  With its resource-hungry push into the sub-Sahara, Beijing puts the planet to the test.

• China Saps Mozambique of Timber Resources
• Mining Copper in Zambia
• Mineral Wealth of the Congo
• China's New Oil Supplier
• China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara
• Fast Cities 2008

  They might not be utopias (we're still looking), but amid economic uncertainty, these cities are vibrant, creative, and growing. These hot spots, these Fast Cities, are full of life and bursting with diversity -- in race, in culture, and in business. Join us for a tour.

• U.S. City of the Year: Chicago
• Chicago is the Creative Capital of the World. Discuss.
• Chicago is the Creative Capital of ohe Universe. Discuss.
• Global City of the Year: London
• Best Cities for Innovation
• Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy

  Texas tycoon T. Boone Pickens has been dubbed the "Oracle of Oil." So why is he building the world's largest wind farm?

• American Apparel's New Image

  In the beginning, American Apparel put a "sweatshop free" label on its t-shirts. But sex turned out to be a better sell than good labor practices. Lessons in the limits of altruism.