'Game changer': Laos opens Chinese-built railway line

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The 414km route took five years to construct under China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.

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The 414-kilometre route took five years to construct under China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.

President Thongloun Sisoulith is expected to hold virtual talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, with both due to deliver speeches at the official opening ceremony. But now sleek red, blue and white bullet trains will speed along the new line at up to 160 kmh , passing through 75 tunnels and across 167 bridges, stopping at 10 passenger stations.

Hopes for a 2021 rebound were dashed when the country locked down as it registered more than 76,000 infections in the past eight months.The railway could boost Laos' economy, but the government needed to undertake substantial reforms -- including improving its border management systems, a World Bank report noted.

But there is little transparency around how Laos will fund its debt, Australian National University lecturer Greg Raymond said.

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