China is building the Pinglu Canal and studying a much longer Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong waterway. Here is what these projects change, who they affect, and what is still ...
China's inland waterways move close to 5 billion tonnes of cargo a year. The Yangtze takes the headlines — but the Grand Canal, the West River, ...
The Pinglu Canal won't carry ships until late 2026. But around Qinzhou's harbor, hiring boards, dormitory blocks, and 30-kilometer commutes are already testing a bigger question: ...
Guangxi has 1,600 kilometres of coastline, yet cargo from Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan still sails east to Guangdong before it can turn south. The Pinglu Canal ...
A 134-kilometre canal is being cut across a watershed in Guangxi to give China's southwest a new way to the sea. Here is what it changes ...
China's newest canal is 134 kilometers long, cost about $10 billion, and crosses a watershed — meaning barges literally climb a hill to reach the sea. ...
One canal in Guangxi opens at the end of 2026. One in Anhui already carries coal and containers. Several more across southern China exist mainly as ...
A fragmented world is spending on defence and tariffs. China is spending on barges, factory robots and cheaper AI models. Here is the domestic logic behind ...