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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monson" data-source="post: 23278148" data-attributes="member: 30005">These Chinese buildings are coming to a city near you<img src="https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_1349,c_fill,g_auto,h_759,ar_16:9/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F170907153244-colombo-port-city-7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A square mile of new land spreads out from the shores of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Crews are 80% through reclaiming approximately 65 million cubic meters of sand from the Indian Ocean floor.The land will form the foundation of Port City Colombo a massive new district of high-rise office towers, luxury apartments, tree-lined canals and beachfront villas.Adjacent to the city's central business district and a recently upgraded port, the $1.4 billion project is touted by its developers as "a world class city for South Asia."For South Asia, perhaps. But not by South Asia. The Port City development, like a number of other infrastructure and building projects throughout Colombo, is being primarily financed, designed, engineered and even constructed by China.Read more:<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/chinese-buildings-abroad/index.html" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/chinese-buildings-abroad/index.html</a></blockquote>

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