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August 03, 2004

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China's infrastructure is often being cited as a constraint on its economic growth. So it is good to see China is finally investing in key improvements:

China's capital Beijing, trying to flush away its reputation for primitive public toilets, plans to boost investment to build more lavatories and keep them stocked with toilet paper, the China Daily said on Tuesday.

The city government, trying to polish its image as it gears up to host the 2008 Olympic Games, pledged to invest more than 100 million yuan ($12 million) a year into modernizing its latrine infrastructure, the newspaper said.

The Olympics can already be credited with doing something good for Beijing.

 posted by Simon on 08.03.04 at 03:15 PM in the




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