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Air China III

Today was a pretty nice day, clear air ahead and to the sides, if you keep your eyes on the ubiquitous construction walls. These sites all seem to promise what no one else has been able to provide, a beautiful future with clear blue skies, and dreamy fields. But even so, there is always a fly in the soup, even on these scenes from their perfect new world.