Category: Railways

Vietnam and China Lay the Tracks for Deeper Trade Connectivity

By Duan Haosheng On 19 December 2025, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son pressed the ceremonial start button to launch the Lao Cai–Hanoi–Hai Phong railway. The 390-kilometre railway, backed by 

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The End of the Oil Order Is Here and China Is Already Winning

The Iran war has been a real education in how global orders change. The system built on the immutable logic of oil and gas trade seemed as solid as a continent. Now it looks as wobbly as a Jenga tower.
While the war is hastening the end of the fossil fuel era, it also shows how completely U.S. power in the world has been synonymous with hydrocarbons. 

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Construction Restarts on Kenya, China’s Standard Gauge Railway

Construction has resumed on Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway, following a long pause due to debt woes. The Kenyan government has announced a new agreement with Chinese financiers and contractors that will see the completion of the two final phases of the landmark cross-frontier railway system. ...

Kenya and Uganda Move Ahead on Regional Rail Link, Turning to New Partners After China Pulls Back

Kenya and Uganda took a big step on Saturday towards fulfilling the long-held ambition to build an East African rail network. President William Ruto was joined by Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni at a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday to extend the Chinese-built ...

Kenya, Uganda Presidents to Meet for Rail Link

The presidents of Kenya and Uganda were set to meet near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt. The Standard Gauge Railway, built from 2013 to 2019, ...

Kenya Revives Railway Extension After 6-Year Stall by China Funding Cuts

By Duncan Miriri Kenya will on Thursday restart a multi-billion-dollar railway extension that was financed through revenue securitization, reviving a project that has been stalled for over six years after initial lending from Beijing dried up. The ...

From Silence to Deflection: How China’s Internet Framed Thailand’s Deadly Train Accident

When a crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train in Thailand, killing dozens, the tragedy quickly became a major topic on Chinese social media. Discussion was not absent, but it followed a clear and defensive pattern, one that worked less to examine responsibility than to preempt ...

Thailand Train Accident Kills 28 at China-Backed Project

By Montira Rungjirajittranon and Pasika Khernamnuoy A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train on Wednesday and caused it to derail, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said.

China–Vietnam Rail Freight Volume Hits Record in 2025

China’s rail operator said freight trains departing the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Vietnam carried a record 37,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo in 2025, an increase of 86% from a year earlier. The Nanning Railway Logistics Centre said demand ...

China’s High-Speed Rail Network Passes 50,000 km With New Line

China’s high-speed rail network has crossed 50,000 kilometers of operating track, state media reported, with authorities opening a new line linking Xi’an and Yan’an in northwestern China on Friday. China marked the milestone by launching the Xi’an–Yan’an high-speed route in ...

U.S. Grants Loan for Strategic Angola Rail Line

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) said it has agreed a loan for the refurbishment of a rail link in Angola strategic for the transport of minerals which are in high demand at American firms. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

Why the Myanmar Side of the China–Myanmar Railway Can’t Move Forward

In 2022, China opened a new railway between Dali and Baoshan in Yunnan. It was meant to be the first step of a much bigger vision: a rail line running across Myanmar to the deep-sea port of Kyaukpyu, giving China’s southwest a direct outlet to the Indian ...

China, Zambia Kick-Start Revamp of Mineral Railway

China and Zambia launched on Thursday a $1.4 billion project to modernize a railway line that will transport minerals from the copper-rich southern African country to Indian Ocean ports for export. The upgrade comes as the United States and other partners ...

Indonesia to Renegotiate China Rail Loan, 5.1m Riders This Year

Indonesia’s Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail “Whoosh” carried 5.1 million passengers in January–October 2025, 6.3% more than a year earlier. The record lifts total ridership to more than 12.2 million since it opened on Oct. 17, 2023, the operator PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) said.
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