far western xinjiang. a small minority promotes separatism, and it's caused the state to treat many as terrorists. as with taiwan, tibet and tiananmen, the chinese government is in no mood for dissent. east asias undergoing tremendous economic development. but some places struggle to integrate with the global economy. we continue our exploration of this region in china's fifth-largest city, shenyang. once a center of heavy industry, today its aging and outdated factories confront pressure to modernize and turn a profit in a market economy. here we explore the restructuring of state-run enterprises, the contrast between development in china's southeast and northeast regions and the human geography of a labor force facing massive layoffs with nowhere to go. ( train chugging ) steam locomotives like this one were once a common sight. today they have all but disappeared-- vanishing symbols of an earlier industrial era, an era that built the city of shenyang. once a commanding industrial center, this sprawling city, much like the steam locomotive, saw itself left behind by a modern world. shenyang is the nucleus of china's northeast region, called manchuria. abundant natural resoues have long made