Ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba ngo-September 5, iThailand isanda kumemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ujantshi wesitimela wesivinini esikhulu owakhiwe ngokubambisana kwe-China-Thailand uzovulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-2023. Njengamanje, le phrojekthi isibe yiphrojekthi yokuqala ehlangene ye-China neThailand. Kodwa ngalesi sisekelo, iThailand isimemezele uhlelo olusha lokuqhubeka nokwakha isixhumanisi sesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu neChina siya eKunming naseSingapore. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi iThailand izokhokhela ukwakhiwa komgwaqo, isigaba sokuqala siyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-41.8 zamayuan, kuyilapho iChina ibhekele ukuklama, ukuthengwa kwesitimela nemisebenzi yokwakha.

Njengoba sonke sazi, igatsha lesibili le-China-Thailand high-speed train izoxhuma inyakatho-mpumalanga yeThailand neLaos; igatsha lesithathu lizoxhuma iBangkok neMalaysia. Kulezi zinsuku, iThailand, ezwa amandla engqalasizinda yaseChina, yanquma ukutshala imali kuloliwe ohamba ngesivinini esiphezulu oxhumanisa iSingapore. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi yonke iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia isondele, futhi i-China idlala indima ebalulekile.

Njengamanje, amazwe amaningi aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia enza umsebenzi wokwakha ingqalasizinda, okuhlanganisa neVietnam, lapho umnotho ukhula ngokushesha. Kodwa-ke, ekwakhiweni kwesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu, iVietnam yenze okuphambene nalokho. Kusukela ngo-2013, iVietnam yayifuna ukusungula ujantshi wesitimela ohamba ngesivinini esiphezulu phakathi kweHanoi neHo Chi Minh City, bese ibhidela umhlaba wonke. Ekugcineni, iVietnam yakhetha ubuchwepheshe baseJapan beShinkansen, kodwa manje iphrojekthi yaseVietnam ayizange ime.

Iphrojekthi yesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu saseNyakatho neNingizimu eVietnam ithi: Uma uhlelo luhlinzekwe yiJapan, ubude besitimela esihamba ngesivinini esiphezulu bungaba amakhilomitha angu-1,560, kanti izindleko eziphelele zilinganiselwa ku-6.5 trillion yen (cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-432.4). Lesi isibalo sezinkanyezi sezwe lase-Vietnam (i-GDP ka-2018 ilingana nezifundazwe zase-Shanxi/Guizhou kuphela e-China).