修筑滇缅铁路的沧桑历程

The Hardship during Building the Dian-Burma Railway

缅甸是中国在东南亚的重要邻国,是中国和印度洋沿岸国家交往的重要通道。古代著名的南方丝绸之路就是经过今天的云南和缅甸,把中国西南地区和南亚、西亚连接起来。随着近代英国的殖民扩张和国际形势的变化,通过修筑铁路把云南和缅甸连接起来的方案数次被提出,由于英国内部分歧和中国人民的反对而未能修筑。20世纪三四十年代为了打破日军封锁坚持抗战,中国紧急修筑滇缅铁路,但终因战局急剧变化而功亏一篑。此后的七十年里,为了发展云南交通,建设边疆地区,重修滇缅铁路的呼声一直没有中断过。

Burma is an important neighboring country of China in Southeast Asia , and it is also an important gateway for China and countries near the Indian Ocean. In the past, the famous south silk route passed Yunnan and Burma, connecting southwest China with south Asia and west Asia. With the British colonialists＇ expanion and changing of international affairs, the proposal of building a railway to connect Yunnan and Burma was put on table several times but it failed for the divergence in the British colonialists and objection from Chinese people. In order to break the blockade line of Japanese invaders, Chinese government planed to build Yunnan- Burma railway but failed for the war affairs. To develop the transportation and economy of broaden area , the voice of rebuilding Yunnan-Burma railway was never settled in the following 70 years.