TOKYO -- Japan and China are set to agree on promoting roughly 50 private-sector, third-country infrastructure projects this week, setting in motion the first joint deal of building a smart city in Thailand as early as this year.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will affirm both governments' commitment to the joint projects when they meet in Beijing on Friday. The two countries see third-country infrastructure as a cornerstone of their growing economic cooperation.
