However, the wealthier China has helped build otherwise hard-to-get infrastructure to Laos, most notably a high-speed rail line and special economic zones. Some of the projects fall under China's 6-year-old Belt and Road Initiative aimed at driving up Sino-foreign trade around Eurasia. Chinese funding also built some of the country's roads and bridges. … [Read more...] about Chinese Support Gives Laos an Edge Over Powerful Neighbor Vietnam
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Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical
In addition to the Skywalk, the tribe has helicopter tours on its land, horseback rides, a historic guano mine and a one-day whitewater rafting trip on the Colorado River. Rafters who are on trips through the Grand Canyon also can get on and off the river on the reservation. … [Read more...] about Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical
Analysts: Rising Debt Burden Could Make Laos More Reliant on China
Laos is one of the most indebted of those nations. What China gets from the bilateral relationship ranges from Vientiane resisting joint ASEAN action in the South China Sea, to a pending rail line that will link China to Laos and, eventually, its neighbors. Laos is also one of the first nations, along with Cambodia, to sign plans that “endorse China’s regional vision of a community of common destiny,” said Brookings Institution senior fellow Jonathan Stromseth. … [Read more...] about Analysts: Rising Debt Burden Could Make Laos More Reliant on China
