Laos On A Fast Track To A China Debt Trap
Beijing-backed US$6.7 billion high-speed railway project threatens to bust the small nation’s already fragile finances
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China’s High-Speed train
High-Speed Rail On Track To Connect Vientiane To The Region
On the outskirts of the Lao capital, a blue passenger train rattles from its station and across a dry landscape.
Reverberating sirens ring out as boom gates block a nearby road, a handful of motorcyclists almost bemused by the misfortune of being made to wait.
This is the only operating railway in the entire country. The connector with Thailand spans just 3.5km of Laos itself before ……
Laos-China Railway Construction To Begin in December
Construction of a historic railway linking Vientiane to the Chinese border over a distance of 427 km is expected to begin in December this year, an official in charge has said.
Agreements with six Chinese construction companies and six consultancy firms will be finalised next month which will pave the way for the start of construction at the end of…..