China building 30 airports in Tibet, Xinjiang for military infra: Report
About 30 airports have been either built or under construction in Tibet and Xinjiang provinces which will boost China’s civil and military infrastructure in the remote regions bordering India, the country’s official media reported.
China has been ramping up infrastructure in Tibet. Recently, it has launched the high speed bullet train connecting the provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi, the Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.
“There are currently nearly 30 civil airports built or under construction in Xinjiang and Tibet,” state-run Chinamil online quoted an official in charge of a military transportation dispatch centre under the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theatre Command (WTC) as saying.
