{"id":137349,"date":"2021-09-27T18:57:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=137349"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:53:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:23:40","slug":"beijing-lhasa-key-road-link-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/beijing-lhasa-key-road-link-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing-Lhasa key road link completed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has completed a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lhasa-Nagqu sectio<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n of the Beijing-Lhasa expressway.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137357\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Expressway.png?resize=595%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Expressway.png?w=595&amp;ssl=1 595w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Expressway.png?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TibetanReview<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is part of the Chinese national expressway network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is planned to connect China\u2019s capital Beijing to the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also connects China&#8217;s Central Theatre Command with the Western Theatre Command, which is responsible for the border with India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expressway will pass through seven major cities of China including Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and Lhasa with an approximate length of 3,710 km.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In June 2021, China had launched a high-speed bullet train connecting Lhasa with Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan town located close to Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are the strategic implications of the <\/b><b>Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway for India?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has enormous strategic implications for India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the expressway gets completed, it would allow the Chinese army to comfortably cover the distance of 3,725 km from Beijing to Lhasa in four days or less during emergencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expressway would also ensure a very smooth flow of convoy traffic without any bottlenecks or any additional burden on manpower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Beijing-Lhasa key road link completed<\/b><b>\u201d published<\/b> in <b>The Hindu <\/b>on <b>27th Sep 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? China has completed a Lhasa-Nagqu section of the Beijing-Lhasa expressway. What is Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway? Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway is part of the Chinese national expressway network. It is planned to connect China\u2019s capital Beijing to the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa. 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