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SHANGHAI, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 26: (CHINA OUT) A partial view of villas at the Luodian Northern European New Town under construction on September 26, 2006 in Shanghai, China. The town has been designed in a northern European country style and apartments are being sold at a minimum price of approximately USD 1,250 per square meter. The project is part of a scheme by the Shanghai municipal government to rehouse some 500,000 people in nine new satellite towns, each with a separate theme exhibiting exotic cultures. (Photo : China Photos/Getty Images