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The Mekong River (Lancangjiang) rises in Qinghai Province in China and flows down to the so-called “Golden Triangle,” the border area between Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand, after passing through Yunnan Province in China.
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Tsuneishi, T. (2013). Border Trade and Economic Zones on the North-South Economic Corridor: Focusing on the Connecting Points Between the Four Countries. In: Ishida, M. (eds) Border Economies in the Greater Mekong Subregion. IDE-JETRO. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137302915_9
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