STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 15, 2020 • 10 min read

Southeast Asian history The Race to Yunnan
By Christian Gilberti • Apr 15, 2020
In the late 19th century, colonial powers Britain and France held grand ambitions to exert control over the Southeast Asia region. The construction of highly ambitious railway lines to access Chinese markets was deemed the answer, and the "Race to Yunnan" was on