Building a Billion Dollar City - But at What Price?
It is building the biggest building in the world. It already has the only seven star hotel in the world. It is halfway through constructing the biggest archipelago set of islands the world has ever seen. It’s national airline carrier, the Emirates, is already on the way to becoming the biggest long-haul carrier in the world, with orders to the tune of $30bn. Work has already begun on the Dubai Waterfront that covers an area larger than Barbados and will house more people than live in most European cities. And that is merely the tip of the iceberg!
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