China was doing major infrastructure projects when Europe was
basically at hut stage. The Great Wall, the Grand Canal and
other works are hallmarks of Chinese engineering. Now, the Silk
Track- Rail and road freight to Europe. The rail concept is
designed to deal with the incredible logistics of Chinese sea
freight. It’s extremely expensive and time consuming to ship
anything around Asia and the Middle East just to get to Europe,
adding thousands of miles to the distance. It also involves the
upkeep of thousands of ships and the joys of sea travel in some
of the world’s most unsafe waters. There are other good reasons.
The Silk Track would improve trade for several central Asian
nations. It would help their economies, providing international
trade options for them and developing Chinese trade with them in
a very win-win way. These countries need modern infrastructure,
and most of them can’t afford the sort of loans required to pay
for it. According to China Daily the route will be: “…the route
within China wil