China to build, upgrade Xinjiang, Tibet highways for greater power projection

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar10’26) – In order to speed up economic development and strengthen border stability and national defence, China is to build a new, 394-km (245-mile) highway in Xinjiang running parallel to the 1962 Sino-India border war and upgrade the three existing highways running into Tibet over the next five years, reported scmp.com Mar 10, citing China’s new Five-Year Plan.

The highway will link the northern and southern sides of the rugged Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang (East Turkestan), the report said, citing the draft 15th five-year plan China released last week. Ir said the route will run parallel to a strategic road built in the 1970s to improve military mobility following the 1...

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