Nice propaganda piece on the Chinese who are assisting their Laotian brothers.

Feature: Amazing to join China-Laos railway construction: Lao flood victim
Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-16 12:25:18|Editor: Lu Hui
by Zhang Jianhua, Wang Shan

VIENTIANE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Baly Sipaseuth, 38, a victim of last year's overwhelming flood caused by a dam collapse in southern Laos, has experienced an amazing year after joining the construction of the China-Laos railway, he told Xinhua recently.

"I am Baly. I have been employed to work for CREC-2 (China Railway No. 2 Group) Laos-China Railway Vientiane Beam Fabrication Yard around one year. Just now I got my monthly salary," Baly said.

"One year ago, because of the dam collapse in Attapeu, all of my crops and livestock were destroyed by the flood," he said.

On July 23, 2018, the under-construction saddle dam of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project collapsed, leading to a huge amount of water into 13 villages of the Sanamxay district of Attapeu province, some 560 km southeast of Vientiane. Six villages were severely damaged and 42 people lost their lives with 23 still unaccounted for. In total, 13,000 people were affected with over 6,000 people left homeless in the floods.

"In the event of emergency, the rescue teams from Laos-China Railway Project rushed to our village, and helped us construct the road and bridges," Baly said.

At the request of Lao government, the Chinese engineering companies, along the China-Laos railway construction sites, have donated cash and materials to the disaster-hit areas and offered assistance to build four bridges urgently for access to the flooded villages of Attapeu Province.
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Cambodia News, LAOS - On 21 June 2020, the China railway Guangzhou Engineering Group finished the construction of Ban Nakok tunnel, the second longest in the China-Lao railway route. 9.296 meters long, it is located about 400 km north of the Lao capital Vientiane. It went through four areas of fault and a complex geological situation, which caused huge difficulties.
The 414-mile China-Lao railway will link the border post of Boten (northern Laos) at the China border at Vientiane at a speed of 160 km / h. Designed to carry passengers and goods, it is expected to be put into service in December 2021.

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Username Taken wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 7:57 am So that tunnel is a tad over 9 meters long? Wow.

Yes a 9+ meter tunnel wouldnt be too impressive, huh? I think it is over 9km long though.

Staff of the China Railway Guangzhou Engineering Group (CRECGZ) pose for a group photo at the entrance to the Ban Nakok Tunnel in northern Laos' Oudomxay Province, on June 21, 2020. China Railway Guangzhou Engineering Group (CRECGZ) drilled through the Ban Nakok Tunnel, the second longest tunnel along the China-Laos railway, on Sunday. (CRECGZ/Handout via Xinhua)

so there building a nice network of roads so they can invade the non-cooperative neighbors with ease

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What Rchard says ^^ the route
I shore don't like it, but it is with the full agreement of all the countries involved.
It will definitely benifit trade for these countries if you think that is a good thing.

The orginal plan to run this line on down thu cambodia near the Thai border to the koh kong coast seems to have been put on the back back burner, thank god.
That would have had much more serious geopolitical implications as it could have facilitated chinese military expansion. The current route thru Thailand will put limits on that purpose - the Thais will make damn sure of that.

Not to mention that development of major chinese transport and industrial nfrastructure would have sprung up on koh kong's still relatively undisturbed coastlne if the original route had been followed. Phew!!