China-Backed Railway Expansion Stalls in Myanmar

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Gabrielle Paluch

Last updated on: August 01, 2014 4:14 AM

BANGKOK —

Three years ago China and Myanmar signed an agreement to construct a high-speed rail network that would connect China’s Yunnan Province to the Bay of Bengal.

But last month, the three-year memorandum of understanding expired, leaving the network's future in doubt.

Myanmar officials said plans for a $20 billion high-speed railway that would have linked a sleepy seaport in one of Myanmar's poorest states to Kunming, Yunnan's provincial capital, were never realized, and no construction has been started.

But Chinese authorities said they are not giving up.

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[Hpoun]

Hi, Frankie,

    Good-to-know Interesting news, the future tense will-do-it-later can be wisely reflected thanks to living in a military-based country where true Buddhism is supposed to be predominant!

Hpoun Kyaw

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Ha ha ha ...sleepy seaport...

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