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Kazakhstan: A port in the sand

The CompassStories from the New Silk Road
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Khorgas in Kazakhstan was the gateway of the ancient Silk Road. How is it transforming and who are the pioneers developing the city for the future?

Khorgas in Kazakhstan is going through an economic boom and Chinese trains stop here and their loads are shifted on to the Kazakh trains. This region was the gateway of the ancient Silk Road, a meeting place of cultures and languages. We meet nomads who have called this land home for centuries and pioneers developing a city for the future.

Presenter: Rose Kudabayeva and Peter Shevlin
Producer: Monica Whitlock

(Photo: The KTZE-Khorgos Gateway dry port, a logistics hub on the Kazakh side of the Kazakhstan-Chinese. Credit: Getty Images)

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