TOKYO -- On the first anniversary of the opening of the Lao-China Railway on Dec. 3, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency touted the project as a big success for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing's continent-spanning infrastructure drive and the centerpiece of President Xi Jinping's foreign policy.
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A high-speed train pulls into Boten Station in Laos. The Laos–China High-Speed Railway marked the first anniversary of its opening on Dec. 3, 2022. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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