{"id":11284,"date":"2022-08-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/3855615_CN55615_0"},"modified":"2022-08-26T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:00:00","slug":"china-nepal-railway-hope-in-the-himalayas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=11284","title":{"rendered":"China-Nepal Railway: Hope in the Himalayas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 26, 2022<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;A news report from China.org.cn on <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> cross-border railway:<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder5092\" align=\"center\" readability=\"7\">\n<p title=\"China-Nepal Railway: Hope in the Himalayas\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ayIPyiambO0\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have you ever imagined traversing through the middle of the mighty Himalayas by train?<\/p>\n<p>This seemingly &#8220;crazy&#8221; idea may soon become reality. Following recent discussions between the foreign ministers of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> to speed up feasibility assessments into a cross-border railway, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> plans to dispatch surveyors to <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> as soon as this year.<\/p>\n<p>On top of thorny enough obstacles like challenging topography and high altitudes, linking the two countries by railway requires tunneling through the Himalayas \u2014 an unimaginably complex feat of engineering. The bulk of the railway within <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> will pass along bridges or through tunnels, involving huge costs and formidable construction difficulties. That being said, the project is still well worth pursuing.<\/p>\n<p>As a landlocked country, <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> has long been impeded by transportation issues. The mountainous terrain hinders travel locally, which in turn has restricted the nation&#8217;s economic and trade development. Completion of the China-Nepal Railway will connect three major cities in <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span>, making commuting much easier. Never again will Nepalese citizens have to choose between just cars and planes when going abroad. The designated section of this mammoth project within <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> borders meanders across Tibet Autonomous Region. In the first half of 2022 alone, the region has received more than 17 million tourists. Assuming only one-tenth of these travelers visit <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> by train via Tibet, <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal&#8217;s<\/span> tourism industry would still enjoy an enormous boost. Railways will also reshape <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal&#8217;s<\/span> dependence on <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> for maritime transport and thereby driving its foreign trade and socio-economic growth. <span class=\"xn-location\">Laos<\/span>, another landlocked nation, repivoted its market structure upon securing a major transportation channel through the China-Laos Railway project. Likewise, the China-Nepal Railway will no doubt fuel <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal&#8217;s<\/span> national development and allow more of its citizens to enjoy the benefits of development.<\/p>\n<p>The China-Nepal Railway has been a long time in the making. However, progress has been slower than expected due to the project&#8217;s sheer intricacy, compounded by the impact of <span id=\"spanHghlt7bfe\">COVID-19. <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> <\/span>and <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> have been close friends for generations. <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> has already assisted <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> in building key infrastructure projects, most notably the Pokhara International Airport and Kathmandu Ring Road. During the pandemic, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> was <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal&#8217;s<\/span> largest supplier of medical aid and vaccines, while the zero-tariff treatment for 98% of the taxable items that <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> granted to <span class=\"xn-location\">Nepal<\/span> will also come into effect on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 1<\/span> this year.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to further the China-Nepal Railway falls aptly under the Belt and Road framework. Projections by the World Bank suggest that if all transportation infrastructure construction under the Belt and Road Initiative is completed, we can expect <span class=\"xn-money\">$1.6 trillion<\/span> in revenue to be generated annually by 2030, 90% of which will be shared by partner countries. Low- and lower-middle-income countries will be the greatest beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p>Tangible progress is now being made in the development of the China-Nepal Railway, the latest testament to the friendship between the two countries, and a new chapter in the Belt and Road journey. This ingenious feat of human engineering will shine in the Himalayas as a beacon of common prosperity and community with a shared future.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><span id=\"spanHghltf95f\">China Mosaic<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/node_7230027.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span id=\"spanHghlt41eb\">http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/node_7230027.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"PURL\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CN55615&amp;sd=2022-08-26\"> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/china-nepal-railway-hope-in-the-himalayas-301613006.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/china-nepal-railway-hope-in-the-himalayas-301613006.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Aug. 26, 2022 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;A news report from China.org.cn on China&#8211;Nepal cross-border railway: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; Have you ever imagined traversing through the middle of the mighty Himalayas by train? 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