Recently, China has developed fast trains that connect the main cities around China and the speeds have been the quickest seen by any trains anywhere around the world. Now China wants to use this technology and connect Asia together. The plan is for some regions to share their natural resources with China and the China will help them out with technological advancement like the train idea. There are several networks recommended so far. The first one is going to connect, Kunming and Yunnan with South-East Asian nations like Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. Another link will be from Urumqi to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and then possibly extend to Germany. Last one will start from Heilongjiang in the northeast and go north, cross Russia and aim for Western Europe.The more connected Asia is, the more chances it has of overtaking the European nations and America for the most desirable economy. This rail connection will go a long way, it will somewhat resemble the rail network that can be seen in Europe. Asia is trying hard to become more connected and challenge other regions and being part of the Asian century can be done by absolutely anyone,
Source: http://www.scmp.com
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