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Belt and Road

Thai Belt and Road project bumps into finance and liability issues

Bangkok balks at Beijing's conditions on showpiece high-speed rail line

A train runs through during the groundbreaking ceremony of the cooperation between Thailand and China on the Bangkok-Nong Khai high speed rail development in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand in 2017.   © Reuters
MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent | Thailand

BANGKOK -- Thailand's government is delaying China's ambitious high-speed railway project in the country as questions over financing and liabilities of the $9.9 billion infrastructure initiative remain unresolved.

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