Overland Travel Across Borders: A Tale of Two Frontiers
Mohan Boten 2021 High-Speed Railway Economic Zone
The 475-kilometer border between China and Laos has been dramatically transformed in recent years. Once a remote and sleepy frontier deep in the mountains of Southeast Asia, it has become a focal point of modern infrastructure and investment. Your journey here is a front-row seat to the rapid changes sweeping through the region.
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The main crossing is at Mohan in China’s Yunnan province, which connects to Boten in Laos. While this has long been the primary road crossing, the most significant development is the new China-Laos high-speed railway, which opened in 2021 and has its own dedicated border crossing. This railway has revolutionized travel and trade between the two countries.