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\nAs you read this, I am probably swimming in Lake Shuswap at the top of the Okanagan Valley in British Colombia, half way between Vancouver and Calgary.
\nThe expedition is in part aimed at escaping one of the broader truths of the past decades \u2013 that one of the strongest forces driving us forward today is urbanisation.
\nI am proving two other key forces at the same time: globalisation allows me within the comparative blink of an eye to uplift from the teeming high rises of Hong Kong, or…
\n
\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…A city rat\u2019s musings in the country: For better or worse, our fates lie in our urban centres<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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