INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China will further enhance connectivity with other countries by expanding its high-speed railway network, a senior politician pledged on
Tuesday.
The country intends to promote both the “hard connectivity” of infrastructure and the “soft connectivity” of standards and
rules to position high-speed rail as a cornerstone for advancing the nation’s Belt and Road Initiative, Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing said at
the opening ceremony of the 12th World Congress on High-Speed Rail in Beijing.
“China is...