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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese engineers discuss the construction plan at the site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 2, 2024 shows the construction site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 2, 2024 shows the construction site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker works at the construction site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 2, 2024 shows the construction site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 2, 2024 shows the construction site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CHINESE COMPANY-TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

(240308) -- BAGHDAD, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Iraqi workers discuss construction progress at the site of the Nisour Square Development Project in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital

STORY: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital SHOOTING DATE: March 2, 2024 DATELINE: March 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the traffic 2. various of the project 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG LIN, Chief engineer of Nisour Square Development Project 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO XIAOWEI, Project manager of Nisour Square Development Project STORYLINE: Decades of war and conflict, particularly the 2003 U.S. invasion, have left deep scars on Iraq's infrastructure, including its road network. In the Nisour Square at the heart of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where the peak traffic flow reaches about 12,300 vehicles per hour, traffic congestion has long gripped commuters in the city. Such a struggling situation is going to be changed due to the Chinese-constructed Nisour Square Development Project. The project, undertaken by Chinese firm Transtech, includes two overpasses and five tunnels, aiming to erect a mult