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China can charge whatever they want. Laos have nothing to bargain with. What other options does Laos have? Laos want the railway and will have to pay for it! China knows this!
Oct 05, 2015 11:29 AM
Reply to this commentI would say the fair interest rate is 1.5% for the first 10Y after project is completed. Then 2% for the remaining years.
Oct 02, 2015 03:18 AM
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China can build railroad for free if Laos agree to give them whole country as a pay back deal but annexation Laos to China and become one nation. No interest and principle payment...problem solve. Why is Laos so hungry of railroad high speed to be built? Lao people can live and survive with no problem. Without high speed train connection building, most of them are careless. And the majority of Lao people are living under poverty; even if they had speedy train available, they could not afford train fair anyway. Yet they have no valuable goods to invest in China.
Oct 05, 2015 09:21 PM
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