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Facilities Between

Yunnan, Burma Needed

Co-Operation Would Benefit China, Britain

By JOHN AHLERS

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Arms and munitions are not yɩ of if the journey were shorter and ite consequence in the trade and traffic costs lower, would take this road. On along the overland route from Kun- the road from Kunming to Tali much ming, capital of Yunnan Province, to construction work is actually continu Bhamo in Burma. Although this tradeed, and there are prospects that this since the outbreak of the war experien-road will be converted into a first-class ced a comparatively strong increase, motor road next fall. this increase is entirely due to a larger turnover in goods for peaceful con- sumption.

Road Impassable

The greatest difficulties, however, are encountered on the Tali-Tengyueh sec tion of the route, parts of which are practically impassable during most of the rainy season.

Tengyueh is the Chinese customs station on this route. The value of goods passed through this station rose from $2,404,000 in the first five montha of the previous year to $8,388,000 in Here a great number of extremely January-May, 1988, i.e. by more than steep and deep valleys have to be 40 per cent. This fact shows that crossed, among them the canons of the there are possibilities of an extension Mekong and the Salween Rivers ín of Chinese foreign trade via his route. particular. Primitive and insecure suspension bridges are now swinging Exports via Tengyueh in the periods across these valleys, and a series of in question increased by 20 per cent. extraordinary engineering feats would from $1,850,000 to $2,218,000, chiefly have to be executed if these bridges as a consequence of larger exports of were to be replaced by strong modern Szechwan yellow silks to Burma. Im-steel bridges fit for heavy motor traf- ports via Tengyueh even rose by morale.

than 100 per cent. from $554,000 to

$1,165,000, the increase being notice On the Tali-Tengyueh

sector the

able in all sorts of import goods. But construction of a railway, in the end, exports still exceeded imports on this would not involve considerably larger route by two to one.

expenditure than that of a really; good and durable motor road.

of

As compared with the total China's foreign trade, the trade along The problem of railway construction the Yunnan-Burma route is still al in these parts is commonly looked upon most negligible. Imports from Burma as a Sino-British problem, although it overland amounted to only 0.31 per is not of necessity an international cent. of the Chinese import total, while question. The Chinese are completely overland exports to Burma constituted free to construct in their own territory only 0.89 per cent. of China's total whatever railway they want to builă. exports. The trade turnover on the The geographical difficulties to be over- French Railway from Yunnan to Hai- come all are found in Chinese terri- phong was more than six times as tory, and where the route between large.

Manyuun and Warabum finally leaves China it is about to enter into the Ira- waddy plain.

Important As Reserve Line

But the Kunming-Bhamo route is of But some amount of Sino-British co- great importance as a reserve line of operation, of course, would be advis- communications between the still in-able and recommendable from the out- dependent parts of China and the out-set. There is the problem of linking

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via Canton should become impossible. the Burmese system of communcations. The problem of improving the route Bhamo, the first important place which and of the eventual construction of a the route from Kunming meets in Bur- railway here, therefore, has been at-ma, unfortunately is without railway tracting the attention of China's Na-connections. tional Government since the beginning In order to connecta Kunming- of the war to an ever increasing der Tengyueh railway with the Burmese gree.

railway system, the latter would have The Yunnan-Burma route is ex- to be extended in the direction of Bha- tremely difficult, and the transport of mo either from Mandalay in the south, goods on a large scale encounters here or from Miyitkina in the north. But be- with extraordinary obstacles. Before also greater transport facilities the war, regular overland transports tween Yunnan and Bhamo alone, if no took 18 days from Kunming to Tali immediate connection with the Burm- would be established, only, and another 25 days from Tali ese railways to Bhame, making a total of 38 days would be of great importance, as Bha- mo is the terminus of the Irawaddy of journey along the road.

Recently some particularly difficult river shipping to and from Rangoon, sections of the Kunmin-Tali part of the Obviously Burma should be econom- route have been much improved. The ically greatly, interested in improved Burmese authorities also have con-communications by land with South- structed a good road, easily passable western China. A considerable amount even for heavy motor traffic, from of Chinese transit trade would take the Bhamo to the Sino-Burmese frontier, way via Burma) and thereby the Ira- The whole distance from Kunming to waddy shipping, the Burmese railways, of Rangoon Bhamo, therefore, at present, can be the port and the trade made in a little less than thirty days would certainly profit.

But thirty days of traffic along the road are far too long, and much too expensive, for many goods of impor- tance in China's foreign trade which,

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From this angle some Burmese or British participation in a large-scaled enterprise to improve the Yunnan- Bhamo route, or to construct a railroad here, would be justified, and ⠀⠀⠀ China would be well prepared to accept such participation. In case of railway con- struction, considerable orders for rails, steel bridges, machine tools, and other. material and machinery not produced to the partner in such an enterprise.

Japanese Chauffeurs Without Licenses Given Y.2-Y.5 Fines

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In an effort to prevent traffic accidents in the Hongkew area, the e... Japanese consular police on Friday fined nine chauffeurs, seven of whom had no licenses, the

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Nippo reported yesterday.

The police issued a warning t taxi companies and drivers observe traffic laws.

The drivers were fined Y.2 to