The opening of the China-Laos Railway on Friday marked the start of a new phase in Laos' strategy to transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub.
The opening of the China-Laos Railway on Friday marked the start of a new phase in Laos' strategy to transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub.
On the night before the official launch of the China-Laos Railway, a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), La THOR, a 23-year-old born in Laos Luang Prabang and who has studied for two years at a Shanghai university, could not help remembering the months he had spent taking part in the project.