Chinese to build rail in Mexico

Milestone project shows that nation's technology 'recognized by the world'

A Chinese-led consortium has won the bid to build Mexico's first high-speed train project, the first overseas use of Chinese bullet trains.

Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transport announced on Monday that the group, headed by China Railway Construction Corp and including a handful of Mexican construction firms, had been granted the contract to bring the first high-speed rail line to Latin America.