She said it would be unrealistic to expect agencies facing an "extremely steep learning curve", with little experience of construction on this scale, to get things 100% right first time.

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As long as China, alone, continues this steep growth trajectory, albeit aided by extremely loose monetary policies (i.e. the printing of money), the worldwide demand for commodities will remain strong.

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