{"id":143091,"date":"2025-12-26T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143091"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:00:11","slug":"chinas-mega-expressway-tunnel-opens-in-xinjiang-halves-north-south-travel-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143091","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s mega expressway tunnel opens in Xinjiang, halves north-south travel time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe world\u2019s longest expressway tunnel has opened to traffic in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, capping five years of construction on a project designed to increase China\u2019s links with Central Asia.<br \/>\nThe 22.13km (13.75-mile) Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the centrepiece of the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway, officially opened on Friday, creating a 20-minute drive through the Tianshan Mountains that divide northern and southern Xinjiang.<br \/>\nThe tunnel halves the travel time between the regional capital Urumqi&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3337815\/chinas-mega-expressway-tunnel-opens-xinjiang-halves-north-south-travel-time?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe world\u2019s longest expressway tunnel has opened to traffic in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, capping five years of construction on a project designed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143091"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}