The China Cultural Center in Laos held a graduation ceremony for its 2025 Spring semester Chinese language class on June 27, ...

China funded much of the new infrastructure that transformed Laos. But the land-locked country of 7.5 million is in economic distress because of its debt.

Chinese and Lao officials Friday will inaugurate a $5.9 billion high-speed rail line through Laos, six years after breaking ground on the first leg of Beijing’s grand plans to link China’s ...

Laos, an isolated, mountainous nation of 7 million people wedged between China, Vietnam and Thailand, is opening a $5.9 billion railway its leaders hope will energize its economy, but it may pile ...

As Beijing weaves its web of roads and railways through Southeast Asia, a massive Chinese-financed infrastructure project in Laos is quietly reshaping the region’s geopolitical landscape. The $6 ...

China’s intense railway expansion has marked a new milestone with the official opening of a new track that pushes beyond its own frontiers into its southern neighbor Laos.

China's support for Laos has increased as the Southeast Asian country tumbles into a crisis that is in part due to Chinese debt repayments.

The China-Laos Railway handled more than 2.48 million tonnes of import and export cargo valued at over 10 billion yuan ...

Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum? The post Laos Is Turning to Its Neighbors to Loosen China's Economic ...

The International Monetary Fund ranked Laos 36th out of 42 Asian countries in 2018. Of the almost $6 billion cost for the China-Laos railway, the Chinese government will pay 70 percent.

Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi hold a news conference after a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, August 3. Laos ...