Windswept Kazakh rail hub at the heart of China-Europe trade
Operating a huge cargo lifter, Zhandos Nurmagambetov was stacking containers onto a train before it headed across the steppe of Kazakhstan on a new railway route vital for China-Europe trade. Central Asia is in the midst of a logistics boom, as Beijing invests heavily in the New Silk Road - a vast overland transport network linking China to Europe that can help bypass Russia and shorten fre