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Site of China’s Ambitious New ‘Port’? Landlocked Kazakhstan

Crane operators and customs officials during a meeting at the Khorgos Gateway, where China is building a rail hub and town in a Kazakh desert, in Khorgos, Kazakhstan, Dec. 14, 2017. The gateway gambit is not only reshuffling global transport routes, but also shaking up Kazakh and global politics as China inserts itself deeper into a region that Russia considers squarely within its area of influence. (Andrea Bruce/The New York Times)