Laos connectivity will be virtually useless for China if they cannot connect to the sea.
Think about this, why would China wants to invest in the country that have very few numbers of population and more than half of them cannot even feed themselves? They obviously don't think that the local demand will be enough to meet the margin. But why they offered this loan in the first place? It was because they had calculated that if they can connect to the sea via Thailand, they would gain a lot of benefit for this.
Laos connectivity will be virtually useless for China if they cannot connect to the sea.
Think about this, why would China wants to invest in the country that have very few numbers of population and more than half of them cannot even feed themselves? They obviously don't think that the local demand will be enough to meet the margin. But why they offered this loan in the first place? It was because they had calculated that if they can connect to the sea via Thailand, they would gain a lot of benefit for this.