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China-Laos railway
![Laos and China Use BRI-funded Railway to Bring Their Armies Together Laos and China Use BRI-funded Railway to Bring Their Armies Together](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-07-19-131528.jpg)
Laos and China Use BRI-funded Railway to Bring Their Armies Together
By Duncan Bartlett
Military drills involving the People’s Liberation Army in Laos are designed to enhance China’s fighting capability in Southeast Asia.
![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.
![What’s Driving Laos’ Debt Crisis? What’s Driving Laos’ Debt Crisis?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-26-171507.jpg)
What’s Driving Laos’ Debt Crisis?
By Kearrin Sims and Emma Luce Scali
While China is critically important, the current debt crisis in Laos is about much more than Beijing.
![On China’s Doorstep, Laos Plays a Careful Game of Balancing On China’s Doorstep, Laos Plays a Careful Game of Balancing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-07-07.jpg)
On China’s Doorstep, Laos Plays a Careful Game of Balancing
By Kearrin Sims
China's influence is growing in Laos, but the country's foreign relations present a more complex picture.
![Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-07.jpg)
Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden
By Sebastian Strangio
Its economy battered by COVID-19, the nation's sovereign reserves have fallen to less than $1 billion, putting it on the brink of default.
![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.
![China Digs Deep in Landlocked Laos China Digs Deep in Landlocked Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-flag-1192671_1280.jpg)
China Digs Deep in Landlocked Laos
By Eleanor Albert
China's presence is growing in strategically located Laos, but the trend is often overlooked.
![Another Chinese Citizen Killed in Laos Another Chinese Citizen Killed in Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-03_18-14-07.jpg)
Another Chinese Citizen Killed in Laos
By Shannon Tiezzi
Yet another violent attack on Chinese workers could threaten China's investment projects in Laos.
![China, Laos to Build $6 Billion Railway by 2020 China, Laos to Build $6 Billion Railway by 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-08_20-15-55.jpg)
China, Laos to Build $6 Billion Railway by 2020
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Beijing and Vientiane seal a much-awaited deal.
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