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After announcing plans to build a high-speed railway through Thailand to much fanfare, China has decided to go for the medium-speed alternative to support cargo transport instead.
The project is part of China's "One Belt, One Road" Silk Road initiative aiming to develop trade and transport infrastructure across Asia and Europe. The railway consists of two lines that will link China's Kunming city to northeast Thailand's Nong Khai.
"We invited them to do high-speed [railways], but they chose to do medium speed … because they want to have cargo transport as well," Thailand's deputy prime minister, Pridiyathorn Devakula, said in an SCMP report. "It's a choice of China, not a choice of Thailand."
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/06/26/china-scraps-plans-high-speed-railway-thailand-opts-for-mid-speed.php
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