{"id":157087,"date":"2026-09-07T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157087"},"modified":"2026-09-07T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T00:00:21","slug":"china-marks-major-tunnel-milestone-for-central-asia-railway-bypassing-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157087","title":{"rendered":"China marks major tunnel milestone for Central Asia railway bypassing Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFresh off Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s visit to Kyrgyzstan, project officials have announced the successful drilling of a key tunnel along the long-stalled China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway.<br \/>\nThis marks the first milestone for the flagship project under Beijing\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative, offering China a critical trade corridor bypassing Russia.<br \/>\nThe 210-metre (690-foot) tunnel was the first drilled through in the Kyrgyz section since full-scale work began in June 2025, China\u2019s state&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3366555\/china-marks-major-tunnel-milestone-central-asia-railway-bypassing-russia?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 PostFresh off Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s visit to Kyrgyzstan, project officials have announced the successful drilling of a key tunnel along the long-stalled China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan&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\/157087"}],"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=157087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}