China’s Pinglu Canal is About to Redraw Asian Trade Maps
Containers are pictured on board of the ‘Star’ vessel of the China Shipping Container Lines shipping company at the harbour in Hamburg, Germany.
China has nearly finished a mega-project that will give its southwest the shortest direct access to the sea — and slash shipping distances by more than 560 km.Installation of the three main shipping hubs on the 134-km Pinglu Canal has now been completedThe canal offers a direct river-sea trade route by linking the Xijiang River directly to the Beibu Gulf — a faster corridor to ASEAN marketsBuilt in just four years, the project cuts transport costs and boosts China’s New Western Land-Sea CorridorChina is not just building infrastructure — it is building an alternative economic geography centered on Asian trade integration.
WorldHow China’s Sub-Sea Mega-Cable is Reshaping Asia’s Digital Map16 May, 18:09 GMT
