The transport ministry on Monday denied that France has beaten Japan and Germany in a bid to provide technology for a planned high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai.
In response to an inquiry by the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, the Chinese Railway Ministry said the newspaper report was not true, vice transport minister Noriyuki Kazaoka said.
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