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Yesterday, we read with interest a few news stories about the approval of a 15.3 billion yuan (US$1.9 billion) expansion of the Hongqiao Airport. By 2010 (of course) there should be a new runway, a new 250,000 square meter terminal, and access to... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Feb 28 2007

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