When it opens this year, a 6km bridge over the Padma river will link the north and south of Bangladesh by road and rail, completing one of the most challenging engineering projects the country has ever built.
The $3.7bn bridge across the Padma, as the Ganges is known in Bangladesh, will also be a physical reminder of China’s growing presence in the country.
Beijing has provided more than $3bn for the project as part of a wider plan to spend $30bn on Bangladeshi infrastructure schemes.
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