All Roads (and Railways) Leading to China… and the West Ain’t Happy
by Finian Cunningham - SCF
October 6, 2022
China’s ascendant global power is showing up the increasingly bankrupt condition of the United States and its Western allies.
![Map Graphic](https://strategic-culture.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PANRail.jpg)
The city of Kunming in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan is the rail and road hub linking the world’s second-biggest economy to its southern neighbors. The Pan-Asian Rail Network covers Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, converging on the port cities of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore (see map graphic).