David Lloyd Owen - When major Japanese players seek global PPP contracts, they mean it.
- From: Vol 11, Issue 12 (December 2010)
- Category: Analysis
- Region: Asia
- Country: Japan
- Related Companies: Aguas Nuevas, Beijing Capital Group, Berlinwasser, Hitachi Zosen, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui & Co., Suez Environment , Thai Tap Water Supply, United Utilities Australia, VA Tech (Wabag) and Veolia Environnement (formerly Vivendi Environnement)
Urumqi, March 1989. By a stroke of sheer good fortune, I arrived in China’s Xinjiang Province (the ‘New Dominions’ of the far North West) a few days after many of the major towns were opened for the first time to foreign travellers.
Celebrating my good fortune with like-minded Japanese students over beer and kebabs in a Uighur cafe, I was struck by the sheer quality and detail of the maps they had brought with them. I was new to the world of water, but I realised they wished to appraise these new worlds sooner and better than we thought possible.
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