China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: Could China be at India’s border?

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Only two outlets connect China’s Xinjiang to South and Central Asia — one from Kashgar via the Khunjerab Pass to PoK, and the other from Kashgar via Irkashtam Pass to Kyrgyzstan. Another narrow cliff-side road runs through the Pamir Mountains into Tajikistan. For decades, China built roads, railroads and pipelines through the steppe of Kazakhstan, but the grandest dream to enter Fergana Valley with a railway since the 1990s remained elusive due to multiple geopolitical hurdles. But as Russia’s power declines, Eurasia is turning into China’s opportunity. The most recent case in point is the renewed zeal to build the...