Editor's Note: The China-Laos Railway, due to open this week, is a docking project between the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy to convert itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub. It will bring new opportunities and provide huge momentum in strengthening Laos' economy. The train route will connect the Chinese city of Kunming to the Lao capital Vientiane, with grand plans for high-speed rail to ultimately snake down through Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore.
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During the construction of the China-Laos Railways Friendship Tunnel, the cross-border tunnel connecting Mohan in southwestern Chinas Yunnan Province and Boten in northern Laos, a pair of mentor and protege drilled respectively from each side of the tunnel and competed in progresses and quality.
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VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The engineers are busy making the final touches to the China-Laos Railway's Friendship Tunnel, the cross-border tunnel connecting Mohan in southwestern China's Yunnan Province and Boten in northern Laos, as the railway is set to start operation in December.