May 30 (UPI) -- A 300-mile China-funded railroad connecting the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to Mombasa, the country's largest port city, is set to launch Wednesday. The railroad, built with a $3.5 billion loan from Beijing to Kenya, is being met with skepticism in Kenya, where The Standard, a local newspaper, said the project would "tighten China's grip on the Kenyan economy." China is promoting the railroad as a major infrastructure development that could bolster modernization in East Africa, according to Beijing's state news agency Xinhua. "The launch of the standard gauge railway will undoubtedly contribute to Kenya's economic and social development as well as improve people's livelihoods and ...
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