China-Laos Railway transports over 20 million tonnes of cargo

Cross-border freight transported via the China-Laos Railway has exceeded 20 million tonnes since the line opened in December ...
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Global Times: Lao delegates return from China's border villages with valuable lessons: top-down, scientific and sustained model can benefit wellbeing

BEIJING, May 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- China has consistently made poverty eradication a key priority in national governance. Over the past decades, China has lifted 800 million people out of poverty, ...
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The $6 billion corridor from Kunming to Singapore, how China used Laos to unlock its shortest route into Southeast Asia

China didn't just build a railway through one of Asia's poorest countries out of generosity — it needed a faster land route ...
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Laos is spiraling toward a debt crisis as China looms large

Laos borrowed billions from President Xi Jinping's administration to finance railways, highways and hydroelectric dams, which has ballooned public debt to over 100% of GDP. Combined with a currency ...
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In a Post-COVID Laos, China’s Influence Grows Ever Larger

This is the first article in a three-part series exploring the impact of the Laos-China Railway, a major project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative that connects cities across Laos and southwest ...
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China spent 43 years engineering the perfect cattle, and Laos deal marks its first export

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China and Laos are moo-ving toward more sustainable cattle farming with a crossbreeding agreement that marks the first export of ...
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To Rescue Its Devastated Tourism Sector, Laos Looks to China

Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a three-part series exploring the impact of the Laos-China Railway, a major project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative that connects cities across Laos ...