The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) was supposed to be the centrepiece of China's grand Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in South-east Asia, linking ports on the east and west coasts of Peninsular Malaysia.
Instead, the project, which was recently resuscitated after being put on ice by Kuala Lumpur because of ballooning costs and corruption involving Malaysia's previous administration, has been held up by a new study as an example of the troubles that BRI projects face.
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