China begins work on railway up to Arunachal border

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Context: China has begun work on a strategically significant railway line - its second major rail link to Tibet - that will link Sichuan province with Nyingchi, which lies near the border with India’s Arunachal Pradesh.

Underlining the special importance that the Chinese government has placed on the project, President Xi Jinping officially “gave the instruction” to being work on the project.
He called it “a major step in safeguarding national unity and a significant move in promoting economic and social development of the western region.”

Like the Qinghai-Tibet railway line, which in 2006 connected Lhasa to the hinterland, this will be the second such route linking the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to the hinterland.
China claims that the railway will help "transport advanced equipment and technologies from the rest of China to Tibet and bring local products out”.
If a scenario of a crisis happens at the border, the railway can act as a 'fast track' for the delivery of strategic materials.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-begins-work-on-railway-up-to-arunachal-border/article33087125.ece?homepage=true