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high-speed railroad project punching through mountains in Laos that will connect China with seven countries and will at some points require tens of thousands of Chinese workers on location. It has invested in a multitude of energy projects. It is promoting the sale of its high-speed trains and its technology for ultra-high-voltage power lines, which China’s State Grid company developed to efficiently carry electricity generated in western China over long distances. After the United States pulled out of the airport in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, which had been used to supply ...more
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
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