Every new year starts with predictions in the media about how the UK's economy will fare in the year ahead. In this case, 2014 started with speculation about the "when-not-if" issue of interest rate rises. But in the middle of all this conjecture an equally significant economic story was reported: the news that the Chinese Railway Group is in discussion with Birmingham council to fund and build key links to the proposed HS2 network. In Birmingham's case, this would be connections with the planned interchange on the eastern outskirts of the city.
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