Landlocked countries are particularly reliant on neighbors for getting goods in and out. Some newly proposed railway routes could do away with that. One line would link kurgestan and usbagistan with china. That could be a big loss for russia and its influence in the region, and potentially a big win for china.
Five years after a brutal campaign that drove nearly 750,000 out of Myanmar and into Bangladesh, conditions for the Muslim minority remain appalling on both sides of the border. Central Asian countries are laying plans for railways that would fill their coffers, distance Russia and empower China. And the economics lessons in London’s queue to see Queen Elizabeth II.
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