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Doig, Will.
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High speed trains -- China.
High speed trains -- Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia -- Relations -- China.
China -- Relations -- Southeast Asia.
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Doig, Will.
High speed trains -- China.
High speed trains -- Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia -- Relations -- China.
China -- Relations -- Southeast Asia.
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High-speed empire : Chinese expansion and the future of
Southeast
Asia
/ Will Doig.
by
Doig, Will.
Columbia Global Reports, 2018.
Call #:
327.51059 D657h
Subjects
High
speed
trains
--
China.
High
speed
trains
--
Southeast
Asia
.
Southeast
Asia
--
Relations
--
China.
China
--
Relations
--
Southeast
Asia
.
ISBN:
9780997722987 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Chinese expansion and the future of
Southeast
Asia
Description:
107 p. : map ; 19 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-107).
Contents:
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Limited service.
Summary:
"A decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of over 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combined. Now China is pushing its tracks into
Southeast
Asia
, reviving a century-old colonial fantasy of an imperial railroad stretching to Singapore and kicking off a key piece of the One Belt One Road initiative, which has a price tag of $1 trillion and reaches inside the borders of more than 60 countries. The Pan-Asia Railway portion of One Belt One Road could transform
Southeast
Asia
, bringing new cities, economies, and migrants to places where none existed before. But if it doesn't succeed, that would be a cautionary tale about whether a new superpower, with levels of global authority unimaginable just a decade ago, can pull entire regions into its orbit simply with tracks, sweat, and lots of money. Journalist Will Doig traveled to Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore to chronicle the dramatic transformations taking place--and the ordinary people caught up in this moment of economic, political, and cultural collision."--From publisher.
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