Bridging the Sichuan-Tibet gap

摘要

BREATHTAKING scenery and breathtaking dangers - both will face Chinese engineers as they embark on building the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which will pass through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world's most geologically active areas. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group, which is designing the line, says it will run from Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, through Ya'an and Kangding, and enter Tibet via Qamdo. It will then run through Nyingchi and Shannan prefectures before arriving in Lhasa, capital of Tibet. The total construction length will be about 1700km and it will cost Yuan 250bn ($US 36.87bn).