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Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith. Photo: minsvyaz.ru , CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons February 22, 2021 Twitter 0 The China-Laos railway, slated for completion by December, may bring the most dramatic shifts of any current infrastructure project in Southeast Asia as it transforms communities along its route and changes the dynamics of Laos’ economy. Offering an alternative to Laos’ reliance on hydropower dams for economic development, it could also become increasingly significant for China. Editorial Laos appears to be on schedule to open the country’s first national railway by the end of 2021, as the controversial...
