China is quietly building alternative routes to help it export goods to Europe, without passing through its South Sea, to avoid tensions with the United States and its allies in the region.

The mountainous city of Chongqing in China has become a major hub for an overland trade route that some say could become the new Suez Canal.

The route is served by rail, and is expected to become Asia's most important logistics hub.

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