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President Xi Jinping is pressing the Communist Party's elite to cut back on lavish living amid growing public resentment. The economic effect is far-reaching.
The 2.8-square-mile area west of downtown has picked the mayor in every vote since 2001. This year, interviews suggest that it also shares the apathy and ambivalence of voters elsewhere in the city.
Since the May 8 beating of David Sal Silva, who later died, Bakersfield residents have remained largely silent while a public outcry grows elsewhere in the state.
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Urban gentrification and the decline of manufacturing are among the causes, according to the Brookings Institution. The surge of poverty in suburbs has left many social service agencies unprepared.
Opposition fighters say the bombardment of the city of Qusair, near the Lebanese border, is one of the most intense of the Syrian conflict.
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