1,000km Laos-China Railway connects Chinese city Kunming to Laos' capital Vientiane.
LUANG PRABANG/XISHUANGBANNA – On a drizzly afternoon in Luang Prabang, an expectant crowd gathered around the exit of its railway station. August rains tend to keep visitors away from this picturesque town in northern Laos. But things were different this year.
The 1,000km Laos-China Railway, built under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, connects the south-western Chinese city of Kunming to the Laotian capital of Vientiane. The 422km section within Laos cost US$5.9 billion and was funded under an arrangement that gives the Chinese majority control of the network.
At its vast, curved-roof station, minivan drivers, tour guides and other greeters craned their necks to spot their Chinese guests alighting from the daily cross-border train.
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