987. Algeri, Khemis el Khechna compound, on the Mitidja plain, 2007 The prefabricated compound N°2 were the Chinese live while building the east-west highway. The Citic-Crcc consortium has won the tender to construct 528 km of the highway in 40 months, which would constitute a world record. An employee of the consortium tries to stop us from entering even if we are holding an Algerian authorization. He feels that the compound is Chinese territory, just like an embassy.