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DALLAS-Using consumer markets worldwide as steppingstones toeconomic dominance, China's reinvestment of its gain isn't goingunnoticed by experts in the logistics industry and commercial realestate. The government presently is deploying $80 billion into roadand bridges, another $8 billion into port development and another$8 billion into rail lines.

China isn't alone in its need for infrastructure build-up, butit has taken the lead over other developed nations. "The good newsis it's happening. Someone's doing it. The bad news is it's nothappening here," says Dr. Ted Farris of the University of NorthTexas' department of marketing and logistics. "I'm amazed at howfast the Chinese government is making this happen."

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