Source: Sputnik

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday opened the world’s longest bridge nine years after construction began. The 34-mile-long span will connect Hong Kong and Macau to the Chinese mainland and is supposed to enhance economic growth in the region. The BBC and other British media are treating the bridge like an act of aggression. But Chinese planners expect great economic progress in the region. John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations, is interviewed with 'Loud and Clear', a programme broadcast in the US by Russia's Sputnik broadcasting services. The following is the interview audio.

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