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China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-20 08:09
Rail line loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it will lend China $300 million to help build a railway line to boost growth in the underdeveloped western region of the country. The 820-km line will be the first rail link from Lanzhou city in northwestern Gansu province, passing through Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, to Chongqing, a key manufacturing hub and major exporter in the southwest.
Profit in pipeline
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