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The Yunnan–Burma railway (alternatively: Burma–Yunnan railway) was a failed British project to connect far southwest China's Yunnan province with the...

along this route Yunnan-Burma Railway Burma Road (Israel), wartime makeshift named for the original Burma Road Voy: Burma Road "Burma Road – Britannica...

Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. Yunnan is China's fourth least developed province based on disposable income per capita in 2014. Yunnan is situated in a mountainous...

The Yunnan–Haiphong railway (Chinese: 滇越铁路; pinyin: Diānyuè Tiělù; Vietnamese: tuyến đường sắt Hải Phòng – Vân Nam / 綫塘鐵海防－雲南; French: Chemins de Fer...

began to build the Yunnan–Burma railway but abandoned the effort in 1941 with the outbreak of World War II. In 1936, Vietnam's main railway, from Hanoi to...

Sino-Vietnamese Railway which ran from Hanoi to Kunming via Hekou, with an offshoot to Gejiu. The English tried to match the French effort with the Yunnan–Burma Railway...

Sino-Japanese War, these two railways were converted to standard gauge. Construction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Yunnan Burma line started in 1941...

seeking control over the Southern Silk Road running to Burma and India, brought small parts of Yunnan into China's orbit, but subsequent dynasties could do...

the Burma Railway. Myanmar Railways has expanded its network somewhat since 1988. Rail transport was introduced in Burma in May 1877 (when Lower Burma was...

as 1938, the British planned to build the Yunnan–Burma railway to connect British rule in Burma with Yunnan Province, but were unable to complete the...

Bǎoshān ; Burmese: ပေါက်ရှန်), historically also Yongchang (Chinese: 永昌; pinyin: Yǒngchāng), is a prefecture-level city in western Yunnan Province, People's...

remnants of Burma Army broke out to the north, narrowly escaping encirclement. On the eastern part of the front, in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road, the...

construction began on the English Yunnan–Burma Railway, but this was aborted due to Japanese advances. The building of railways in Yunnan is difficult due to rugged...

Myitkyina in northern Burma. Chiang Kai-shek had agreed to mount an offensive across the Salween River into eastern Burma from Yunnan. When the Andaman Island...

was the Burma Road completed in 1938, which linked Lashio, at the end of a railway from the port of Rangoon, with the Chinese province of Yunnan. This newly...

Yoshimio Yunnan Copper, Smelting company Yunnan Jinding Zinc, Subsidiary of Sichuan Hongda Yunnan–Guangxi War Yunnan sudden death syndrome Yunnan–Burma railway...

and farms. During World War II, it was proposed to expedite the Yunnan–Burma Railway using 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in) gauge, since such a small gauge can have...

(Sittwe) in the Bay of Bengal with Kunming in Yunnan province of China. Talks between China and Myanmar on the feasibility of the project began in 2004...

completion, it will be the longest mountain railway tunnel in Asia. The tunnel is the key project of Yunnan–Burma railway between Dali and Ruili. Construction...

of railway in China Proper. In 1941, construction began of the Yunnan Burma Railway, an attempt to link British occupied Burma with Kunming in Yunnan province...