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![Is Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China? Is Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-07-02-013228.jpg)
Is Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China?
By David Hutt
The power utility's recent curious dealings with a prominent local conglomerate suggest that something is afoot.
![Laos Is Not in a Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ – But It Is in Trouble Laos Is Not in a Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ – But It Is in Trouble](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-27-143621.jpg)
Laos Is Not in a Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ – But It Is in Trouble
By Anjali Bhatt
Laos is disturbingly reliant on investment from China – and no one knows how much, and under what terms.
![Giant Buddha Statue Plan Rankles Residents of Laos’ Capital: Report Giant Buddha Statue Plan Rankles Residents of Laos’ Capital: Report](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-15-3.jpg)
Giant Buddha Statue Plan Rankles Residents of Laos’ Capital: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
A Chinese firm's plans to build a 100-meter-high Buddha statue in low-lying Vientiane encapsulate China's outsized economic presence in Laos.
![An Uncertain Future for Laos An Uncertain Future for Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-flag-1192671_1280.jpg)
An Uncertain Future for Laos
By David Hutt
Laos’ quinquennial National Party Congress is coming up in 2021, but the prospects for meaningful change look slimmer and slimmer.
![China-Laos Relations in Focus with New Railway Project Milestone China-Laos Relations in Focus with New Railway Project Milestone](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-2349721108_e8d2f4a02f_o.jpg)
China-Laos Relations in Focus with New Railway Project Milestone
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The kicking off of track laying work spotlighted the development of a key infrastructure project within the bilateral relationship.
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