A railway bridge under construction by Chinese engineers across the Mekong River in Luang Prabang. Photo: Xinhua
China’s US$7 billion railway link to Laos is almost half done, on schedule to begin service in 2021
- Laos is dependent on China to bankroll the US$7 billion project, raising concerns of being caught in a debt trap
- The Kunming-Vientiane link would eventually connect with a railway line to Bangkok, and southward along the Malay peninsula through to Singapore
A railway bridge under construction by Chinese engineers across the Mekong River in Luang Prabang. Photo: Xinhua
