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2/01/2014

Topic Reading-Vol.661-2/1/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
End of the line for 'Lunatic Express?' Kenya begins multi-billion dollar railway.
It was over a century ago then the colonial ruler, the Great Britain, built the first railway system called “Lunatic Express” on the ground of Kenya. It was half a century ago when Kenyan people became independent from the ruler.
Today, a new emerging superpower is going to help the African country upgrade the train system, China, providing financial aid and getting contract for construction in return.
While enjoying their independent status as a country from the colonial ruler, many of the countries in Africa are still dependent on various sorts of aids from other developed countries or their former sovereign states. Does this sound similar situation to the one about a couple of centuries ago?
Enjoy reading and learning about what African countries need and how China is trying to help or take advantage of it.

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