The China-Laos Railway is a key project under the Belt and Road Initiative. It's also a landmark in bilateral cooperation and a symbol of friendship between the two countries. As of June 2022, it is estimated to have transported well over 3 million passengers within China and Laos and around 4 million tonnes of freight. Let's witness how the China-Laos Railway has changed the lives of the people living along it.
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01:04 On December 3, 2021, the China-Laos Railway
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01:25 The president of Laos and China graced the launch virtually,
01:29 while the event was attended in person
01:31 by the Laos prime minister and other high-ranking officials.
01:36 It was a historical moment, as it
01:38 was the biggest international railway the country ever had.
01:43 Somtse Lyaw Lyu was one of the train driver trainees selected
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03:26 For the 22-year-old Chinese language undergraduate,
03:30 driving a train was never on the cards.
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03:35 His decision to steer his life in a different direction
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04:01 Somtse is now completing his final year of university online.
04:23 During the day, he learns to drive.
04:25 At night, he attends online classes.
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05:07 As a captain's assistant, Somtse is still not allowed
05:10 to drive a train on his own.
05:12 It would take about three more years before he becomes a captain.
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05:57 The first railway link for Laos is a short 3.5 kilometer long railway track
06:03 connecting Nong Khai in Thailand and Van Thanh Lae in Laos.
06:07 The China-Laos railway is much longer.
06:11 Extending over 1,000 kilometers, it will link Kunming,
06:15 the provincial capital of China's Yunnan province,
06:18 with the Lao capital, Vientiane.
06:20 It is the biggest railway project that Laos has ever seen,
06:24 and it's part of an even bigger plan, the Trans-Asian Railway Network,
06:29 that could possibly extend all the way to Singapore.
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08:28 Since 2017, Yi Bofeng was studying and is now working in Kunming,
08:34 a city around 680 kilometers away from her rural village in Qishuangbanna.
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09:16 Traveling back to her hometown used to be a two-day affair.
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10:16 Yi has not been home for six months.
10:21 To celebrate her homecoming, a traditional rite is performed as a form of blessing.
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12:32 For Yi's role as a service staff,
12:35 one of the prerequisites was the ability to speak Lao.
12:38 The train will have announcements in English, Chinese, and Lao.
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13:46 While cross-border travel is not available yet,
13:49 in its first month of operation,
13:52 the line has already handled 670,000 passenger trips.
13:56 That's 21,000 trips every day.
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14:04 The China portion of the railway cuts across the province of Yunnan,
14:07 famous for being a sanctuary to diverse ethnic groups,
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14:19 That is why special adjustments were made
14:22 to minimize the impact of the line on the environment.
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18:03 The China-Laos railway took six years to complete.
18:08 And from an engineering point of view,
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18:23 During the early phase of the project,
18:40 engineers knew this would be a big challenge.
18:43 It was no small feat.
18:45 The tunnel was going to be 15 kilometers long.
18:49 It could take two to three hours to walk from one end to the other.
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19:45 In December 2017, the tunnel flooded so badly
19:49 that construction had to stop for nearly half a year.
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21:17 Despite the various complications and issues,
21:21 after four years, the tunnel officially opened on 26th of April 2020,
21:28 marking the way for the rest of the railway to be completed.
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21:34 Railways are still one of the best ways to transport people and goods over long distances.
21:41 It's cheaper than air and sea, faster than trucks.
21:46 The World Bank estimates that by 2030,
21:50 transit trade through Laos via railway could reach 3.9 million tons a year,
21:57 around 40% of that trade used to be transported by sea.
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22:04 To facilitate all that action, the railway must be maintained well
22:09 or risk resulting in faults that could lead to delays and economic losses.
22:14 That's when electricians like Fu Hua Bin have to step up.
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24:53 Growing up, Fu Yuqie seldom saw his father.
24:56 As an electrician, Fu Huabin has to be stationed
24:59 at different parts of the railway for a few months each time
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26:01 Though Huabin and his son work in the same company,
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26:06 It's workers like them who work tirelessly behind the scenes
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26:17 In the past, passengers like Indabong Viamani were looking forward to going home.
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28:07 Decades ago, the China-Laos Railway was just a dream.
28:13 Today, the China-Laos Railway is not just closing the distance between neighbors.
28:18 It's unlocking the potential of a country, redefining economies,
28:23 taking people to places they've never been, and it's on track to go even further.
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