China and North Korea opened a new four-lane road bridge on Thursday, 15 October, ending a 12-year delay and creating a major new route for cross-border trade. Twelve years after it was constructed, the New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea is finally operational. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• China and North Korea opened a new four-lane road bridge on Thursday, 15 October, ending a 12-year delay and creating a major new route for cross-border trade.S1

• Twelve years after it was constructed, the New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea is finally operational. It is the latest sign of warming ties between the two nations.S2

• A new four-lane road bridge linking China and North Korea finally opened on Thursday, 12 years late, enabling the Asian giant and its isolated nuclear-armed neighbour to step up cross-border trade substantially. China is its neighbour’s largest trading partner...S3