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A passenger train crosses a bridge as it travels from Jakarta to Bandung near Padalarang, West Java, Indonesia August 25, 2015. Japan's prime minister has dispatched a special envoy to offer Jakarta a sweetened deal to build Indonesia's first high-speed railway, an embassy official said, in an eleventh hour move that highlights the importance of winning the multi-billion dollar project over China. The two Asian giants are in a neck-and-neck contest to win a contract to construct a rail line between the capital Jakarta and textile hub Bandung, a project that would bolster their influence in the strategically important Southeast Asian nation. (Photo by Darren Whiteside/Reuters)
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