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...Further fueling this domestic-tourism boom is the dramatic rise in car sales and the rapid construction of a national highway network, making travel more practical and alluring. China has about 34,000 km of highways, a number that's expected to more than double by 2020. "The highways linking cities in Inner Mongolia are better than the road between Sydney and Melbourne," marvels Bruce McKenzie, who oversees China operations for the U.K.-based InterContinental group, which is among the most aggressive of the international players in China. It currently runs 54 hotels there, mostly under the Holiday Inn marque...
...Kenya In Nairobi, Hu helped CNOOC secure oil-exploration rights to more than 115,000 sq km of the Indian Ocean. China will bestow $7.5 million in aid and grants for malaria medicine, rice and a sports stadium...
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...made with local mineral-rich mud, the South Korean city of Boryeong staged a small "mud festival" in 1998. Eight years later, the annual Boryeong Mud Festival, mudfestival.or.kr, sees a staggering 1.5 million visitors flock to the normally sleepy seaside destination for a week of gooey fun. Located 200 km (or about a two-hour bus ride) from Seoul, on the country's west coast, Boryeong is home to the soft and seemingly endless Daecheon Beach. From July 15-21, a section of this impressive, 13-km-long tidal flat will be the location of Mud Experience Land, the festival...
...that the nation needs $200 billion of new ports, roads and other infrastructure. In December, the shipping ministry announced a $22 billion program to double the capacity of the country's ports by 2012; India has also embarked on a $50 billion program to add or modernize 40,000 km of highways over the next several years. The government is facing stiff opposition to another major reform of the country's onerous labor laws from labor unions and leftist politicians, but it is trying, at least, to get the process started. It is championing special economic zones with 10-year...