Along the China-Laos Railway, new jobs and shorter journeys reshape lives
At the home of a village chief near Boten, a Lao border town, Li Peigang, a teacher at Shanghai Institute of Technology, opened a calendar on the table and pointed…
Central Asia Seeks New Trade Route to Pakistani Ports
Uzbekistan appears to be hedging its bets when it comes to Afghanistan’s ability to serve as a trade corridor. Over the past year, Tashkent has ramped up its engagement with…
Climate, culture and connectivity define China’s summer travel boom
*In recent years, a term Shuyun was coined to describe the summer travel boom, sparked by the overlap of school summer breaks and peak travel season, as people seek getaways…
Pakistan: Completion of the Pindi-Murree-Kohala Road by August is ordered
The Punjab government has asked the Communication and Works Department to complete the Rawalpindi-Murree-Kohala (RMK) Road by August to ease traffic on the Murree Expressway. Provincial Minister for Communication and…
Pakistan: Supernet Technologies secures Rs1bn deal to provide critical communications infrastructure
Supernet Technologies Limited (Supernet) announced on Wednesday that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately Rs1 billion for the provision of hardware and services to a leading organisation in…
The highway connecting Guangxi’s Liuzhou and Tantang is under construction
A worker from the China Railway 20th Bureau Group works at the construction site of an overpass of a highway connecting Liuzhou and Tantang in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous…