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Can a new canal revive an economic backwater?
Original: Reporter’s notebook: can a canal connection give a lift to economic backwater?
A reporter's notebook examines whether a canal connection can lift a poor, economically stagnant region. The piece weighs the promise of improved shipping links and investment against doubts about whether infrastructure alone can transform a local economy that has long lagged behind the rest of the country.
Why now: Canal projects are drawing attention as China weighs new waterway investments and their potential to reshape regional economies.
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