TOKYO -- Laos is unconcerned about the potential debt burden from a Chinese-led high-speed rail project, its prime minister said on Tuesday, describing the terms of the construction agreement as "favorable" to one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries.
The high-speed rail link, begun in 2016 as part of China's Belt and Road initiative, will connect Kunming in southern China and the Laotian capital of Vientiane, stretching through other Southeast Asian countries all the way to Singapore.
