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Zhen Ji
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Friday January 7, 2011
New rail link connects China with Malaysia
CONSTRUCTION work on railroad linking China and South-East Asia would start this year, Nanyang Siang Pau reported on its front page.
Quoting China Economics Weekly, the report said the railroad would start from China and would link the country to Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
The paper reported that the construction of the railway would stimulate and consolidate the economies of China and countries in the Asean region.
The entire route would be 5,000km long and have three lines – east, central and west.
The link would also improve access to China by rail.
China had signed agreements with Thailand and Laos for the rail link which is expected to be completed by 2015.
