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Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, funded by China
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday as it was set to begin commercial operations, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will drastically reduce the travel time between two key ci…
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Indonesia to launch Southeast Asia’s first bullet train
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Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, funded by China
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia’s first-ever bullet train on Sunday, a high-speed rail service line that will connect two of the country’s largest cities. Part of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and largely funded by Chinese state-owned firms, t…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday as it was set to begin commercial operations, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will drastically reduce the travel time between two key ci…
Indonesia launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday as it was set to begin commercial operations, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will drastically reduce the travel time between two key ci…
The railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, has been beset with delays and increasing costs, and some observers doubt its commercial benefits.
The high-speed rail cuts travel time between two major Indonesian cities from about three hours to 40 minutes. The line was largely funded by China and was originally meant to begin operations in 2019.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Monday inaugurated a $7.3 billion high-speed railway connecting the country's capital with the city of Bandung, a China-backed project that has been marred with problems. The 142-kilometer railway, one of the president's flagship infrastructure projects and...
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