{"id":115059,"date":"2021-06-28T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115059"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:17:21","slug":"tibet-gets-first-bullet-train-links-lhasa-to-india-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tibet-gets-first-bullet-train-links-lhasa-to-india-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibet gets first bullet train, links Lhasa to India border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the news?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">China has started operating the first bullet train line in Tibet,\u00a0connecting the provincial capital Lhasa with\u00a0Nyingchi\u00a0&#8211; a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lhasa-Nyingchi\u00a0rail line<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"61\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"55\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Train link would connect the capital city of the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tibet Autonomous Region<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to the border\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">city of\u00a0Nyingchi\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with a travel time of three and a half hours.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"61\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"56\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over 90% of the track is 3000m\u00a0above sea-level and the line is the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first electrified high-speed rail (HSR) line<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, as China refers to bullet trains, in Tibet.\u00a0China has the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">world\u2019s longest HSR network<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"63\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"57\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Lhasa-Nyingchi\u00a0rail is\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one section<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sichuan-Tibet railway line<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"64\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"12\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Sichuan-Tibet Railway line will be the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">second railway line into Tibet<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0after the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qinghai-Tibet Railway<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why this latest development is significant for India?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">India is following the development of the new railway closely because of\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0proximity to Arunachal Pradesh. As per a report,\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"69\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"58\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enhanced mobility for PLA<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: The railway route will enable China to quickly mobilize personnel of the People&#8217;s Liberation Army (PLA) and other defense resources in the event of a border escalation with India, like the border standoff in eastern Ladakh in May 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"71\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"59\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Developing border villages<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: China has sought to empower &#8216;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">border villages<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216; in the areas bordering India&#8217;s Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim states, especially after the\u00a0Doklam\u00a0standoff in 2017.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G078N4NQH.1&amp;imageview=0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Hindu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news?\u00a0\u00a0 China has started operating the first bullet train line in Tibet,\u00a0connecting the provincial capital Lhasa with\u00a0Nyingchi\u00a0&#8211; a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.\u00a0\u00a0 Lhasa-Nyingchi\u00a0rail line\u00a0\u00a0 Train link would connect the capital city of the\u00a0Tibet Autonomous Region\u00a0to the border\u00a0city of\u00a0Nyingchi\u00a0with a travel time of three and a half hours.\u00a0\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tibet-gets-first-bullet-train-links-lhasa-to-india-border\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tibet gets first bullet train, links Lhasa to India border<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,164,9],"tags":[2096,8261,8262,851,8263,5518],"class_list":["post-115059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-arunachal-pradesh","tag-border-issues","tag-bullet-train","tag-india-china","tag-rail-line","tag-tibet","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704728888},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}