On December 27, 2016, Shanghai, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan signed a cooperation framework agreement in Kunming, vowing to jointly establish the Shanghai-Guizhou-Yunnan and Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan high-speed railway (HSR) economic belts. Under the agreement, the five provinces, autonomous…

A ground-breaking ceremony for the China-Laos railway was held in Luang Prabang, Laos, on December 25, 2016. The China-Laos railway is an important part of the Trans-Asian railway, and will extend from the Mohan-Boten border crossing between China and Laos in the north, and stretch to Vientiane in the…

China and Sao Tome and Principe resumed diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level on December 26, 2016 after a suspension of nearly 20 years. And several days ago, the African nation also cut “diplomatic ties” with Taiwan. The resumption of diplomatic ties or cutting of diplomatic…

On December 29, 2016 the Beipan River Bridge, the world’s highest, officially opened to traffic. The bridge is part of Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway,…

On December 29, the First China-ASEAN Entrepreneurs Forum released the ‘China-ASEAN Five-Connectivity Index Comparison Report 2016’ and the ‘China-ASEAN Connectivity Index Report: Index of Yunnan Province’. According to both reports, Yunnan was ranked ninth in the country and…