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China Expands Strategic Transport Network Near Border Areas

3/11/2026

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China plans to expand its strategic transport network in sensitive border areas over the next five years.
The plan follows a 1970s road built to improve military mobility after the 1962 Sino-India border war.
Construction of the Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway in Xinjiang began in September.
The plan includes two cross-border highways in all nine land-border provinces and the National Coastal Highway from Dandong to Dongxing.

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China plans to expand its strategic transport network in sensitive border areas over the next five years.
The plan follows a 1970s road built to improve military mobility after the 1962 Sino-India border war.
Construction of the Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway in Xinjiang began in September.
The plan includes two cross-border highways in all nine land-border provinces and the National Coastal Highway from Dandong to Dongxing.