China is not particularly interested in sharing much of the wealth the railroad would generate. Most of the benefits, critics say, would flow to China while most of the costs would be borne by the host nation. The price tag of the $7 billion, 260-mile rail project, which Laos will borrow from China, is nearly equal to the tiny $8 billion in annual economic activity in Laos, which lacks even a rudimentary railroad and whose rutted road system is largely a leftover from the French colonial era.
China is not particularly interested in sharing much of the wealth the railroad would generate. Most of the benefits, critics say, would flow to China while most of the costs would be borne by the host nation. The price tag of the $7 billion, 260-mile rail project, which Laos will borrow from China, is nearly equal to the tiny $8 billion in annual economic activity in Laos, which lacks even a rudimentary railroad and whose rutted road system is largely a leftover from the French colonial era.
It's so sickening to see Laos being traded to become a vassal economic state of China. Unlike its neighboring countries Vietnam and Thailand, Laos totally lacks skilled workers and educated people. This high speed train will not much profit Lao people but rather will allow the Chinese to exploit Laos.
It's so sickening to see Laos being traded to become a vassal economic state of China. Unlike its neighboring countries Vietnam and Thailand, Laos totally lacks skilled workers and educated people. This high speed train will not much profit Lao people but rather will allow the Chinese to exploit Laos.
It's so sickening to see Laos being traded to become a vassal economic state of China. Unlike its neighboring countries Vietnam and Thailand, Laos totally lacks skilled workers and educated people. This high speed train will not much profit Lao people but rather will allow the Chinese to exploit Laos.
This is a very thoughtful and realistic explanation on how Laos is being used by the smart and cunning Chinese. The Chinese are only interested in exporting their good to the countries with bigger economies like Thialand, Malaysia and Singapore. Laos won't even profit and learn anything from this project because Laos doesn't even have skilled workers and engineers. The Chinese give this work to their own people. It's the same scheme the Chinesse are using with African countries.
China is not particularly interested in sharing much of the wealth the railroad would generate. Most of the benefits, critics say, would flow to China while most of the costs would be borne by the host nation. The price tag of the $7 billion, 260-mile rail project, which Laos will borrow from China, is nearly equal to the tiny $8 billion in annual economic activity in Laos, which lacks even a rudimentary railroad and whose rutted road system is largely a leftover from the French colonial era.
It's so sickening to see Laos being traded to become a vassal economic state of China. Unlike its neighboring countries Vietnam and Thailand, Laos totally lacks skilled workers and educated people. This high speed train will not much profit Lao people but rather will allow the Chinese to exploit Laos.
Trud dat nigga, true dat. Get the vaseline jar ready for them Lao people.
no railway around a world that without gorverment subsidy , how many percent lao citizen can affort a fare ticket and last but not least who will keep livestock out of railroad ????
no railway around a world that without gorverment subsidy , how many percent lao citizen can affort a fare ticket and last but not least who will keep livestock out of railroad ????