PHNOM PENH/DALIAN, China -- After three years of Chinese-led construction work, Cambodia's very first toll expressway has opened for business, the project symbolizing the deepening economic ties between the Southeast Asian nation and Beijing.
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A flag bearing China Communications Construction's name in Chinese flutters near a toll booth by Phnom Penh in November. (Photo by Tomoya Onishi)
PHNOM PENH/DALIAN, China -- After three years of Chinese-led construction work, Cambodia's very first toll expressway has opened for business, the project symbolizing the deepening economic ties between the Southeast Asian nation and Beijing.