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Tag: Sichuan-Tibet Railway

Beijing powers up high-speed rail link to Tibet

by KG Chan September 1, 2020September 8, 2020

Beijing wants a new quasi-high-speed rail artery being built on the world’s highest plateau to be up and running in five to eight years to make the alpine Tibet region more accessible from inland provinces. The call to rev up construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway was issued during a two-day Communist Party Politburo meeting on […]

Track-laying begins on new rail route to Tibet

by Asia Times staff November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

China to cut across plateau for new rail shortcut to Tibet

by Asia Times staff October 11, 2018February 18, 2020

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