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    The YunnanBurma railway (alternatively: BurmaYunnan railway) was a failed British project to connect far southwest China's Yunnan province with the...
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    along this route Yunnan-Burma Railway Burma Road (Israel), wartime makeshift named for the original Burma Road Voy: Burma Road "Burma Road – Britannica...
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    countries Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, and Laos. Yunnan is China's fourth least developed province based on disposable income per capita in 2014. Yunnan is situated...
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    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...
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    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 YunnanBurma Railway...
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    Kunming (redirect from Yunnan-fu)
    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • as 1938, the British planned to build the YunnanBurma railway to connect British rule in Burma with Yunnan Province, but were unable to complete the...
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