Kazakhstan: A True Transit Link Between East and West
By Tom Michael
Kazakhstan – the world’s fifth largest country in terms of land mass – is aiming to put its valuable territory to global good use as it participates in a massive new railway-to-sea transit route linking China with Eastern Europe.
Often referred to as the New Silk Road (a nostalgic and honorary acknowledgement of the ancient Silk Road trade route), the transport route will move freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports in the Russian Far East and China and seaports in Europe.
The transcontinental railroad currently comprises the Trans-Siberian Railway, which runs through Russia and is sometimes called the Northern East-West Corridor, and the new Eurasian Land Bridge or Second Eurasian Continental Bridge, running through China and Kazakhstan.
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