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Green light for Lianyungang to build mega port Shanghai: Lianyungang, a northern port city in Jiangsu province, is racing to build an international port after winning State approval to construct a 300,000-dwt deepwater channel. Analysts said the city, situated north of the Yangtze River Delta and south of the Bohai Rim, should take ... Full Story

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