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Offering an alternative lifestyle to Shanghai and Beijing, Dalian is a vibrant student city with an easier pace of life. You might not have heard of it but this is one of the world's biggest outsourcing centres.
WriterRachel Morarjee
PhotographerEric Gregory Powell
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