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China opens Pinglu Canal to boost trade with Southeast Asia

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China has opened the Pinglu Canal, a new 134.2km waterway designed to significantly reduce shipping times and costs for its landlocked southwestern regions. This canal connects a tributary of the Pearl River in Guangxi to the Gulf of Tonkin, offering a direct route to Southeast Asia and aiming to alleviate congestion at existing ports. The project is expected to economically transform the region, drawing parallels to the Yangtze River's impact on Shanghai's development. AI

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China opens Pinglu Canal to boost trade with Southeast Asia

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Frank Chen ·

    Can the new Pinglu Canal become China’s Yangtze of the southwest?

    The opening of China’s first new river-to-sea canal since 1949 – which will boost trade links with Southeast Asia – could transform the economy of the country’s landlocked southwestern interior in ways comparable to the Yangtze’s role in Shanghai’s rise, according to its operator…

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