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- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 agency "Agence France Presse".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 date "2013-03-10".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 first1 "Jenny".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 isCitedBy Addis_Ababa-Djibouti_Railway.
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 isCitedBy Ethio-Djibouti_Railways.
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 last1 "Vaughan".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 quote "But he said that if the old train ceases to operate, it will be a great loss for Ethiopia and for Dire Dawa, the commercial town in northeastern Ethiopia where the main train station and workshops were headquartered. The new station is slated to be built just outside Dire Dawa, a town renowned for its French atmosphere. "Dire Dawa will suffer," said Josef, who is now the director of the French cultural centre in the city. The train station -- known locally as "la gare" -- and the workshops still stand, unused for years.".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 quote "The train station -- known locally as "la gare" -- and the workshops still stand, unused for years. Employees still arrive at work diligently just after dawn every day, only to sit among the abandoned train cars and imported French machinery, seemingly frozen in time. They still receive a monthly stipend from the company, which is now run by the Ethiopian government. They hold out hope that the diesel train will be revived one day, but the European Commission-funded project to rehabilitate the old railway at a cost of $55 million has stalled due to a contractual dispute.".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 quote "Two Chinese companies are contracted to build the $2.8 billion line connecting Addis Ababa to the Djiboutian border by 2016, and Turkish and Brazilian companies are slated to construct other segments of the nation-wide rail network.".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 quote "While the economic benefits of the train -- which will be used for both freight and passenger transport, replacing slow and costly truck transport -- is widely recognised, some lament the seemingly inevitable death of the historic French-built diesel-powered train, which went out of service in 2008 after years of neglect.".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 title "China's Latest Ethiopian Railway Project Shows Their Growing Global Influence".
- chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3 url "http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-global-influence-is-growing-2013-3".