EXPERTS ON Sino-Thai relations remain optimistic about the prospects for a Bt500-billion medium-speed railway project, despite significant changes sought by the Thai side during the latest round of talks in Beijing late last month.

THAI AND CHINESE authorities are expected to finalise a Bt550-billion contract on a medium-speed railway system in May as part of the grand strategy to connect Southeast Asia with China’s “Belt and Road” initiatives, in which more than 60 countries will l