Rather as Africa ignored fixed-line telephony and jumped straight to mobiles, so China might benefit from "latecomer advantage" in the field of freight transport.

与非洲忽略固定电话技术而直接跃入移动通讯颇为相似，如此中国可能因“后发优势”在货物运输领域中受益。

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The other advantage of latecomer economies is that they are not heavily invested in old industries and can adopt new technologies with limited negative impacts.

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