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Hongqiao Airport

Passengers wait at check-in at the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Sept 14, 2014. Over the next 20 years, China will become the world’s largest air passenger market, pushing the US into the number two spot. The latest data released by International Air Transport Association (IATA), reveals that by 2034 China will carry 2.9 billion travellers, with the US expected to move 1.4 billion. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)

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