Ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba ngoSepthemba 5, iThailand isanda kumemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi isitimela esinejubane eliphezulu esakhiwe ngokubambisana kweChina neThailand sizovulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-2023. Njengamanje, lo msebenzi usube yiphrojekthi yokuqala enkulu ehlangene yeShayina neThailand. Kodwa ngenxa yalokhu, iThailand imemezele uhlelo olusha lokuqhubeka nokwakha isixhumanisi sesitimela esinejubane eliphezulu neShayina eKunming naseSingapore. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi iThailand izokhokhela ukwakhiwa kwemigwaqo, isigaba sokuqala singama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-41.8, kuyilapho iShayina inesibopho sokuklama, ukuthengwa kwezitimela kanye nemisebenzi yokwakha.

Njengoba sonke sazi, igatsha lesibili lesitimela esisheshayo phakathi kweShayina neThailand lizoxhumanisa enyakatho-mpumalanga yeThailand neLaos; igatsha lesithathu lizoxhumanisa iBangkok neMalaysia. Namuhla, iThailand, ezwa amandla engqalasizinda yaseShayina, inqume ukutshala imali esitimeleni esisheshayo esixhumanisa iSingapore. Lokhu kuzokwenza lonke iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia lisondelane, futhi iShayina idlala indima ebalulekile.

Njengamanje, amazwe amaningi aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia asebenza ngenkuthalo ekwakheni ingqalasizinda, okuhlanganisa neVietnam, lapho umnotho ukhula khona ngokushesha. Kodwa-ke, ekwakhiweni kwezitimela ezinesivinini esikhulu, iVietnam yenze isinqumo esiphambene. Ngasekuqaleni kuka-2013, iVietnam yayifuna ukusungula isitimela esinejubane eliphezulu phakathi kweHanoi neHo Chi Minh City, futhi ifake isicelo somhlaba wonke. Ekugcineni, iVietnam yakhetha ubuchwepheshe beShinkansen baseJapan, kodwa manje iphrojekthi yeVietnam ayimi.

Iphrojekthi yesitimela esinejubane eliphezulu eNyakatho-Ningizimu eVietnam yile: Uma uhlelo luhlinzekwa yiJapane, ubude besitimela esinejubane eliphezulu bungamakhilomitha ayi-1,560, kanti izindleko eziphelele zilinganiselwa ku-6.5 trillion yen (cishe ama-yuan ayizigidigidi ezingama-432.4). Lesi yisibalo esikhulu sezwe laseVietnam (i-GDP ka-2018 ilingana nezifundazwe zaseShanxi/Guizhou kuphela eShayina).