Advertisement China has completed construction of a strategic highway linking Pad Township in Nyingchi city with Baibung in Medog County. The 67.22-kilometer-long highway was constructed at a cost of $310 million and took almost seven years to complete, according to Xinhuanet. It cuts the distance between Nyingchi and Baibung from the current 346 kilometers to 180 kilometers, and reduces travel time by eight hours. The new highway is of concern to India as it will improve China’s overland connectivity infrastructure near the disputed India-China border. It will enable China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to mobilize troops and military equipment faster overland to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto but undefined border between the two countries.