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Shipbuilders facing choppy seas

By Ding Qingfen | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-30 08:00

Shipbuilders facing choppy seas

Ships being built at a shipyard in Wuwei county, Anhui province. Chinese shipbuilders are witnessing falling orders due to the effect of the global economic slowdown. Zhang Yong

For Chinese shipbuilders, this is probably the worst of times -- and the hardest period has yet to come. Major ship owners, both domestic and foreign, are expected to go slow on new orders during the next one-and-a-half year as they wait for the global economy to recover.

Shipbuilders facing choppy seas

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