It would be more sensible, many Mongolians say, to build north-south roads to link up with China. Indeed, Mongolia is following the model of Canada, where each province trades more with the US than with the rest of Canada.
"Politically the Millennium Road is beneficial for the government," said Michael Kohn, an American travel writer here who has visited most of this vast nation. "Economically they would be better off building roads to China."
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