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China's Fast-Track Economy Could Be Hitting the Buffers.

By Jonathan Fenby, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 18--China's fastest train last week provided a striking metaphor for the challenge facing the world's fastest growing major economy.

A Shanghai newspaper reported that the 270 millionph (435kmph) German-built magnetic-levitation train link between the gleaming new airport and the city was sinking into the soft ground surrounding the country's biggest metropolis.

With the mainland reporting first quarter growth of 9.7 percent, it may seem churlish to worry. Bu

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