Daily VICE: Cabinet announcement, racism refugee, China’s ghost cities

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Posted Nov 5, 2015 03:09:10 PM.

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Today – Justin Ling tells us what we can expect from some of the new faces in Trudeau’s cabinet, an American seeks refugee status in Canada citing persecution from U.S. Police, and mapping China’s ghost cities.

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