China Rebuilds

China hopes that its plans to spend $480 billion over the next several years on infrastructure projects
Ariana Lindquist for TIME

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China hopes that its plans to spend $480 billion over the next several years on infrastructure projects will ease the economic slowdown which has already forced thousands of factories to close and layoff around 20 million workers.

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