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The Compass: Stories from the New Silk Road: Kazakhstan: A port in the sand

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KTZE Khorgos Gateway

12/06/2019 GMT

Kazakhstan: A port in the sand

Stories from the New Silk Road

BBC World Service - The Compass, Stories from the New Silk Road, Kazakhstan: A port in the sand

Khorgas in Kazakhstan was the gateway of the ancient Silk Road. How is it transforming?

Khorgas in Kazakhstan was the gateway of the ancient Silk Road. How is it transforming and who are the pioneers developing the city for the future?

Khorgas in Kazakhstan is going through an economic boom and Chinese trains stop here and their loads are shifted on to the Kazakh trains. This region was the gateway of the ancient Silk Road, a meeting place of cultures and languages. We meet nomads who have called this land home for centuries and pioneers developing a city for the future.
 
Presenter: Rose Kudabayeva and Peter Shevlin
Producer: Monica Whitlock

(Photo: The KTZE-Khorgos Gateway dry port, a logistics hub on the Kazakh side of the Kazakhstan-Chinese. Credit: Getty Images)

The Compass: Stories from the New Silk Road

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How a new Silk Road connecting transport hubs from Kenya to Kazakhstan is changing lives.

From Kenya to Kazakhstan, there is a new Silk Road connecting transport hubs, ports, cities and countries. In four different locations, this series hears from those whose lives are being transformed by China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

(Photo: Golden Bridge on Silk Road by artist Shuyong - a public work of art at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing 2019. Credit: Peter Shevlin)

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