the colonies hugged the coastline, while the hinterland remained largely unexplored

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The pathogen has only just penetrated the vast rural hinterland where the bulk of its 1.3 billion population lives, after racing through its dense mega-cities. Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg.com, "India Is Becoming the World’s New Virus Epicenter," 31 Aug. 2020

But the virus has also moved into India’s vast hinterland, where medical facilities are even less equipped to cope with serious cases. Washington Post, "India passes coronavirus milestone: The largest number of daily cases in the world," 28 Aug. 2020

Comfort with our hinterland status is also what distinguishes those of us on Mountain time from our neighbors on Central, forever ensnared in an unwinnable game of catch-up with the East Coast. Kyle Paoletta, New York Times, "Mountain Time Is the Best Time Zone in America," 18 Aug. 2020

Yet in Bouazizi’s hometown of Sidi Bouzid, deep in the hinterland, few people plan to commemorate him. The Economist, "Democracy’s growing pains In Tunisia, cradle of the Arab spring, protesters want jobs," 13 Aug. 2020

Ethnic Armenians and Kurds would be granted their own enclaves, while the Ottomans were left with a humiliating rump state in the Anatolian hinterland. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "A century-old treaty haunts the Mediterranean," 10 Aug. 2020

But being productive was a means to an end, a way to frolic in the hinterlands of wuliao for as long as possible. Connie Wang, refinery29.com, "Forget Productivity: Let ‘Wuliao’ Be Your Quarantine Philosophy," 8 Apr. 2020

Nationally, the same picture emerged, with goods and services being produced in clusters near cities, to which labour migrated from the hinterlands. S Gopikrishna Warrier, Quartz India, "Decentralisation and equitable growth: Two lessons for India from the Covid-19 pandemic," 3 May 2020

But being productive was a means to an end, a way to frolic in the hinterlands of wuliao for as long as possible. Connie Wang, refinery29.com, "Forget Productivity: Let ‘Wuliao’ Be Your Quarantine Philosophy," 8 Apr. 2020

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