THE WEEK.

Chinese Investment Moves Inland: While ports have attracted the lion's share of the billions of dollars China is pouring into development of its transportation network, Beijing is now aiming investment at its weak inland infrastructure, according to speakers at The Journal of Commerce's Third Annual China Trade & Logistics Conference. "The transportation sector is still the weak link in China's economy," said Qi Zhang, third secretary for commerce at the Chinese Consulate in Washington. "The major rail lines are overloaded." The government plans to invest $42 billion in railroad development over the next five years, according to Ted Krohn, principal of KrohnConsult …