The new Silk Road is made of iron—and stretches from Scotland to Singapore

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QZ.com 30 Sep '12, 11pm

The new Silk Road is made of iron—and stretches from Scotland to Singapore

China is building new geopolitical “facts on the ground” all over Asia, from deep-water ports in Sri Lanka to signals intelligence stations in Myanmar to coastal special economic zones in North Korea. Wang Menshu of the Chinese Academy of Engineering has drafted the plans for multiple high-speed rail routes emanating from China. A southern route through Indo-China is already under construction by way of refurbishing the rail systems of smaller and poorer states like Cambodia. High-speed and freight rail plans are already in development to link China to Thailand via Vietnam and Laos. Southern Chinese provincial cities like Kunming then become regional hubs for entire sub-regions of Eurasia. As Myanmar thaws, it could become the strategic arbiter of a significant corridor of Sino-Indian trade as the Asian giants vie to maximize gas exports in either direction. Thailand is pl...

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@laurala » 10 Oct '12, 11am
Really interesting article on Chinese rail development across Eurasia: [link]
@hey_ghis » 06 Oct '12, 7am
Infrastructures entre Europe et Chine, la nouvelle route de la soie est faite en acier [link]
@jdpoulter » 03 Oct '12, 12pm
@NickSFR Have you seen this? [link]
@shortorlong » 03 Oct '12, 8am
Traveling from Scotland to Singapore (or reverse) by train seems, well, doable, but really, can it actually happen [link]
@nv7 » 03 Oct '12, 7am
Russia's status on a map and its dismal reality are the ultimate geopolitical imbalance. [link]
@jamesallworth » 02 Oct '12, 3pm
The global public good of the 20th century was security - but in the 21st century, it's going to be infrastructure [link]
@jmbutt2 » 02 Oct '12, 6am
Hail to the rail - the key to peace in Afghanistan [link]
@nterziev » 02 Oct '12, 2am
Parag Khanna opinions on NYT on new nations: [link] and on Quartz about the future of high-speed rail: [link]
@hybridrealities » 01 Oct '12, 11pm
The new Silk Road is made of iron - and stretches from Scotland to Singapore. Parag's piece in Quartz. [link]
@NewEnglandite » 01 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @AnatolyKarlin: RT @AnatolyKarlin: Khanna's Russia knowledge leaves much to be desired [link] but does make interesting point that railway ...
@AnatolyKarlin » 01 Oct '12, 9pm
Khanna's Russia knowledge leaves much to be desired [link] but does make interesting point that railways based expansion ...
@nodejschina » 01 Oct '12, 5pm
RT @WarrenWhitlock: RT @WarrenWhitlock: The new Silk Road is made of iron—and stretches from Scotland to Singapore [link]
@joachimesque » 01 Oct '12, 2pm
Pékin - Londres en trois jours par train en 2020? [link]
@DrIanFenwick » 01 Oct '12, 11am
"China borders more countries than any other nation" [link] via @QuartzNews
@DrIanFenwick » 01 Oct '12, 11am
China lays >5,000 miles of new railway track pa...by 2020 should have more high-speed rail than ALL the rest of world [link]
@DrIanFenwick » 01 Oct '12, 11am
"next 200m yrs...NA & Eurasian tectonic plates will collide at North Pole...eventually joined by Africa" [link] Deja vu?
@marynmck » 01 Oct '12, 11am
essay (not a story, Quartz) on China's rail ambitions: v. interesting - but zero mention of quality or corruption? [link]
@RainerGrossmann » 01 Oct '12, 11am
Interesting read: «The new Silk Road is made of iron—and stretches from Scotland to Singapore» [link] @quartznews #China
@bupbin » 01 Oct '12, 10am
Beijing Central to London St. Pancras by rail in 2-3 days? Possible by 2020. But will it be same or cheaper as airfare? [link]
@MareejoXaamud » 01 Oct '12, 12am
RT @joshuafoust: RT @joshuafoust: What a complete embarrassment, Quartz. Thought you'd be better than this [link]
@joshuafoust » 01 Oct '12, 12am
What a complete embarrassment, Quartz. Thought you'd be better than this [link]
@MarkAdomanis » 01 Oct '12, 12am
"Gazprom, which by some estimates provides close to half of the federal tax revenue" [link] Which estimates are those?
@imran » 01 Oct '12, 12am
"eurasia's being densely knit together through an infrastructural exoskeleton of railways & pipelines: iron silk roads" [link]
@bobdal » 01 Oct '12, 12am
US failure to build high speed rail whole China does - including across Europe - will hurt our economic future [link]
@AFJournal » 30 Sep '12, 11pm
Thesis: Today, air/sea lanes bind Europe to the U.S.; tomorrow, high-speed rail will bind it more tightly to Asia. [link]
@giovdall » 30 Sep '12, 11pm
QUARTZ The new Silk Road is made of iron—and stretches from Scotland to Singapore: At some point in the next 200... [link]
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@ayeshakhanna1 » 01 Oct '12, 11pm
The new Silk Road is made of iron - and stretches from Scotland to Singapore. Parag's piece in Quartz. [link]
@jasonshamilton » 01 Oct '12, 10pm
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@hnfirehose » 01 Oct '12, 2am
The new Silk Road is made of iron and stretches from Scotland to Singapore: [link]