![The Ganlanba railway station in China's Yunnan Province, a station along the China-Laos railway and part of the Belt and Road Initiative. AP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FUHKYWRZIOUYJIB5ACQGOMSG7I.jpg?smart=true&auth=32621046c90bd2bf8a717597f4ba13c737f2f31b772fcc34069757acf8afc568&width=400&height=225)
The Ganlanba railway station in China's Yunnan Province, a station along the China-Laos railway and part of the Belt and Road Initiative. AP
The Ganlanba railway station in China's Yunnan Province, a station along the China-Laos railway and part of the Belt and Road Initiative. AP
South-East Asia is on the path to become a single market. The world should take note of it
Sholto Byrnes is an East Asian affairs columnist for The National
July 18, 2024