938. Algeria, Khemis el Khechna compound, on the Mitidja plain,2007 The prefabricated compound N°2 were the Chinese live while building the Algerian east-west highway. The workers of the Citic-Crcc consortium are having their lunch break. They will then give their leftovers to the dogs and cats. Some of the Algerian press accuses the Chinese of subsequently eating them. This is unconceivable for the Muslim mentality. But today the menu is fish and mutton. Citic-Crcc has won the tender to construct 528 km of the highway in 40 months, which would constitute a world record. With the 399 km that are being built by a Japanese company this will be the biggest ever construction project in the country, with 74.881 workers of which 21.973 from Asia at its culminating point.