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- Title
Shigatse railway to begin construction; Nepal next? Sichuan-Tibet Railway contract signed.
- Abstract
The article reports on the proposed construction of the extension line of Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corp. from Lhasa to Xigaze in China. According to Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government chairman Qiangba Puncog, the plan will be one of the region's ten key construction projects in 2008 that will cost $3.7 billion. Moreover, the government has planned to further expand the railway that will link China and Nepalese borders.
- Subjects
CHINA; CONSTRUCTION projects; RAILROAD design &; construction; QINGHAI-Tibet Railway Corp.; PUNCOG, Qiangba; ECONOMIC development projects
- Publication
Tibetan Review: The Monthly Magazine on all Aspects of Tibet, 2008, Vol 43, Issue 2, p6
- ISSN
0040-6708
- Publication type
Article