New bus routes between India and Pakistan may not make headlines, but they deliver a degree of normalcy to relations riddled with mistrust. Elsewhere, rail links between China and Vietnam, road developments connecting India and Bangladesh, and new ports, harbors, and pipelines in Myanmar and Pakistan are forging a new form of economic unity alongside the region’s manufacturing supply chains.
如今，扩大地区基础设施项目的努力最令人注目的一点是把受困于外交冲突、甚至有时候是公开冲突的国家也包括进来了。印度和巴基斯坦的新巴士路线或许登不上报纸头条，但它们预示着互不信任的两国有了些许关系正常化的苗头。在其他国家，中国和越南之间的铁路线、印度和孟加拉国之间的公路、以及缅甸和巴基斯坦的新机场、港口和管道正在铸就沿地区制造业供应链发展的新形式的经济统一。