China Funds Trans-Eurasia Trains in a Bid to Decouple From US

China Funds Trans-Eurasia Trains in a Bid to Decouple From US
A freight train transporting containers laden with goods from London, arrives at Yiwu railway port station in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province on April 29, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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The Chinese regime paid subsidies to maintain and develop the freight train operations that connect China with Central Asia and Europe, according to government documents exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source. Experts said that this railway would allow China to build ties with other countries in a bid to decouple from the United States.

“The Chinese regime is preparing for a potential decoupling from the United States, as well as maintaining its fragile economic system, by using the freight train to export more products to Europe and Central Asia,” Tang Jingyuan, U.S.-based China affairs commentator, told The Epoch Times on May 4.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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