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The China-Laos Railway cross-border passenger service is set to mark its third anniversary, representing a significant ...

China’s intense railway expansion has marked a new milestone with the official opening of a new track that pushes beyond its own frontiers into its southern neighbor Laos. The track, China’s first ...

Train travel in Southeast Asia has always had a certain romantic appeal. There is something undeniably compelling about ...

I traveled to Laos to experience its new China-made railway. The one-hour trip revealed a countryside that's burned from farming. The air was so toxic that soot and ash were falling from the sky. Laos ...

Laos is one of the few remaining communist countries in the world. Some two-thirds of Laotians still live in rural communities. But a shiny new railway funded by China now cuts through the countryside ...