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97 new airports to open in 12 yrs

A second international airport in Beijing, construction of which will begin before 2010, is just one of 97 to be built in China before 2020, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) said in its latest airport development ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Mar 25 2008

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