China’s Agrees On $3 Billion In Credits For Kyrgyzstan
September 12th, 2013
Via Oil Gas Daily, an article on China’s increasing partnership with Kyrgyzstan: China on Wednesday agreed credits worth over three billion dollars for energy projects in its northern neighbour Kyrgyzstan, during a visit by President Xi Jinping aimed at boosting Beijing’s influence in Central Asia. Xi held talks with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on the […]
Read more »Uzbekistan And China Sign Agreements Worth $15 Billion
September 12th, 2013
Via Oil Gas Daily, a report on China’s growing ties with Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday signed agreements worth $15 billion in key sectors, including the exploitation of oil, gas, and uranium fields in the Central Asian state. In the latest stop on Xi’s tour of Central Asia, […]
Read more »Russia’s Competition For Natural Gas Deals With China
September 12th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), some analysis of China’s natural gas supplier options: As China diversifies its options for natural gas suppliers, it is leveraging its position to get the best deals it can out of new contracts with Russia. Because Russia is counting on the Chinese natural gas market to help it move away from […]
Read more »Azerbaijan: One Of Caspian Region’s Most Important Strategic Export Openings To West
September 11th, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, a profile of Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan, one of the oldest oil producing countries in the world, is an important oil and natural gas supplier, particularly for European markets. Although traditionally it has been a prolific oil producer, Azerbaijan’s importance as a natural gas supplier will grow in the future as field development and […]
Read more »China’s Economic Disparity…In Maps
September 11th, 2013
Via Matt Hartzell’s blog, an interesting look at China’s economic distribution: [click to enlarge] How is income distributed across the Chinese nation? As we can see in the above map, highly unevenly! This map (which uses data accurate as of December 2011) uses blue to show those provinces where the average income is higher than […]
Read more »Ethiopia’s Broadband Network – A Chinese Trojan Horse?
September 8th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, some commentary on Ethiopia’s recent decision to purchase broadband network equipment from ZTE: Ethiopia’s signing last month of a $800 million broadband network with Chinese telecoms giant ZTE has some pundits again focusing on Chinese economic espionage in Africa. The agreement calls for the establishment of a 4G broadband network in the […]
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