Balkan railway part of Chinese 'express lane' to Europe

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The Chinese strategy in expanding its sphere of influence globally is tried and tested – pick an impoverished country or region badly in need of large scale infrastructure development; bus in thousands of Chinese workers who would otherwise be looking for employment in China; build roads, railways, ports and airports and then use that infrastructure as a conduit for Chinese-made goods to access new consumer markets. This tactic worked time and time again in Africa, and now it is being ...