Shanghai bundled a collection of car-parts factories, an airport expressway and assorted properties into a company called Shanghai Industrial.

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They include a new sea port at Hambantota, in the president's constituency in the south, an oil-storage facility, a new airport, a coal-fired power plant and an expressway.

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After landing at Louis Armstrong International Airport, I took the long way to the bureau, driving down Airline Highway to Earhart Expressway.

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