中国富豪王靖的尼加拉瓜运河梦

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Suzanne Daley, 迷失尼加拉瓜：中国富豪王靖的运河梦. 纽约时报中文网, Apr 5, 2016
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20160405/c05nicaragua/

, which is translated from

Suzanne Daley, Lost in Nicaragua, a Chinese Tycoon's Canal Plan. New York Times, Apr 3, 2016.

Quote:

"At the time of the groundbreaking in December 2014, the Chinese government said it was not involved with the project. This and Mr Wang's recent setbacks — he has reportedly lost about 80 percent of his $10 billion fortune — make some experts say the deal is probably dead.

"Some question whether the canal would even be commercially viable. Few supertankers and massive container ships now afloat will not be able to pass through the expanded Panama Canal set to open soon [in other words, most but for the extremely huge ships will be able to pass through the new and improved Panama Canal].

Note:
(a) "A Spanish explorer conducted the first survey to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans here in the 16th century. Napoleon III of France dreamed about it. The railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt briefly had rights to do it. Nicaragua’s history is littered with dozens of failed canal schemes."
(i) history of the Nicaragua Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Nicaragua_Canal
(preliminary surveys as early as 1551, under the supervision of a Spanish explorer named Gormara; In 1849, the Nicaraguan government signed a contract with the United States businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt)

Regarding San Juan River (Spanish: Rio San Juan).
(A) River Map of Nicaragua. Maps of World, undated.
www.mapsofworld.com/nicaragua/river-map.html
(B)  A map focusing on San Juan River.

General Info and Map of Rio San Juan, Nicaragua. Aurora (beachfront realty nicaragua), undated.
www.aurorabeachfront.com/nicaragua/maps/rio_san_juan.php
(ii) Napoleon III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III
(In Franco-Prussian War (July 19, 1870 – May 10, 1871) Napoleon III was captured at the Battle of Sedan (Sept 1, 1870)

For pronunciation, see Sedan
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedan
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(b) "Under the current plan, the canal would begin along a stretch of pristine beach in Brito, then cut through Lake Nicaragua, which, with two volcanoes rising out of it, is one of the country’s major tourist destinations."

The difference between cn.nytimes.com and nytimes.com (English version) is the latter has a map, so does the print.