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China’s economic expansion in Laos
On the banks of the Mekong River, at its confluence with the Nam Khan river, sits the World Heritage-listed town of Luang Prabang, a picture-perfect ancient capital littered with Buddhist monasteries and home to thousands of monks. About 20 kilometres …