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16. Farchy, Jack, et al. One belt, one road. s.l. : Financial Times, September 14, 2016. FT.com.

17. Shepard, Wade. Aktau: A Look Inside Aktau, Kazakhstan's Other Hub On The 'New Silk Road'. Forbes.com. [Online] Forbes, April 15, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/04/15/a-look-inside-aktau-kazakhstans-other-hub-on-the-new-silk-road/#358f2eea7e1c.

18. Kazakhstan Railways Press Service. _Елбасы дал старт работе новых железных дорог Жезказган_ - _Бейнеу и Аркалык_ - _Шубарколь_ . August 22, 2014. TemirZholy.kz/press-tsentr. "President commences work on new Jezkazgan-Beyneu and Arkalyk-Shubarkol railways." In Russian..

19. _Протяженность железнодорожных путей Казахстана на начало года составила_ 15,3 _тыс_ . _км_ . _Ж_ / _д_ - _линии_ , _проходящие по территории страны_ , _занимают_ 14,5 _тыс_ . _км_ , _еще_ 275 _км проходят по территориям других государств_ . s.l. : EnergyProm, July 12, 2016. EnergyProm.kz. "Total length of railways in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the year was 15.3 thousand kilometers. Railways that traverse the country's territory cover 14.5 thousand kilometers, while 257 km pass through other countries." In Russian. Cites Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport web portal as data source..

20. Chu, Daye. Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway ‘may be built in stages’ for financial reasons . s.l. : Global Times, October 22, 2017. GlobalTimes.cn. Quotes Russian Railways (RZD)..

21. Railway Pro. Eurasian Development Bank to finance Moscow-Kazan HSR. RailwayPro.com. [Online] Railway Pro, May 30, 2018. https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/eurasian-development-bank-to-finance-moscow-kazan-hsr/.

22. `霍` 尔 `果斯往` 乌鲁 `木` 齐 `方向首趟客运列` 车 `正式开通` . Tianshan Network. December 26, 2013, Huochepiao. "Horgos to Urumqi, the first passenger train was officially opened." In Chinese.

23. Hulley-Jones, Frank, Blight, Garry and Gutierrez, Pablo. Follow the Silk Road. TheGuardian.com. [Online] The Guardian, July 30, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2018/jul/30/follow-new-silk-road-china-belt.

24. Ping, Chong Koh. Horgas - China's gateway to the West. s.l. : Straits Times, August 7, 2016. StraitsTimes.com.

25. Ministry for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan. _Реализация государственной программы_ « _Нурлы Жол_ ». s.l. : Government of Kazakhstan, 2017. mid.gov.kz. Slides, including maps, depicting extent of the Nurly Zhol "Golden Road" highway program. In Russian. Available at: http://mid.gov.kz/ru/infografic/1191.

26. Kushkumbayev, Sanat. Kazakhstan’s Nurly Zhol and China’s Economic Belt of the Silk Road: Confluence of Goals. s.l. : The Astana Times, September 22, 2015. AstanaTimes.com. Xi Jinping quoted: "China intends to promote the convergence of the formation of the economic zone of the Silk Road with the Kazakhstan’s Nurly Zhol programme.".

27. _Казахстан вложит в строительство дорог почти_ 3 _млрд долларов в_ 2017 _году_ . Astana : REGNUM News Agency, June 28, 2017. Regnum.ru. "Kazakhstan will contribute almost 3 Bn USD for road construction in 2017." In Russian. Mentions significant contribution by China Exim Bank..

28. KazAutoZhol. Строительство и реконструкция дорог республиканского значения. KazAutoZhol.kz. [Online] November 25, 2018. Interactive map showing road construction status. In Russian.. http://www.kazautozhol.kz/map/.

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