"Infrastructure", "Infrastructure", "Infrastructure". This is the continued cry of the communist. Just look at their sites, they say as much. Idiots. Don't blindly fall victim to the cry for more or better "infrastructure".
China's economy will easily surpass ours within a few decades. Not on a per capita basis, but certainly in total GDP.
The new Kunming - Botan Superhighway is part of this. Beyond the Botan border crossing into Laos, there is also a brand new Superhighway across the Lao panhandle ending at one of the new Mekong bridges. There, is connects with the Thai Motorway system (which connects to the Malaysian one, thence on to the Strait of Malacca). This is unprecedented. One of the things the Japanese lacked were good overland logistics. Problem solved. Signapore needs to worry. Did they ever learn their lesson about being able to shoot toward the north with their heavy artillery?
If the Chinese leadership thinks only in economic terms they will lose. If their leadership is thinking in political terms they will rule the world. A lesson for America.