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IN CHINA, ONCE A LAND OF FAMINES, BEING THIN IS NOW `IN’

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Li, a 41-year-old entrepreneur, swept past the bevy of nurses at the Beijing Yingdong Sanitary Weight Loss Center, removed the jacket of her gray Chanel suit, primped her perfectly curled hair and stepped nervously onto the scale, all the while repeating what has become a mantra for many Chinese women: “I’m too fat. I’m too […]

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