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China to build land-based 'Suez Canal' to connect Europe and Asia, bypassing shipping routes

The mountainous city of Chongqing in China has become a major hub for an overland trade route that some say could become the new Suez Canal.

The route is served by rail, and is expected to become Asia's most important logistics hub.

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