Karakoram Highway: Road of China-Pakistan friendship
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A documentary on the Karakoram Highway broadcast recently on YouTube has amazed the internet users around the world. Here we take you up close to this "high road", a mega project that exemplifies the friendship between China and Pakistan.
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A truck runs along the Karakoram Highway before the Karakorum Mountain range near Tashkurgan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 27, 2017. The highway stretches over 1,200 kilometers through the Karakoram Mountain, connecting Pakistan and Kashgar in Xinjiang. It's also known as China-Pakistan Friendship Highway. [Photo/VCG] |
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