China-Pakistan Fiber Optic Cable Becomes Operational
July 19th, 2020
Via The Nation, a report on the recent completion of a new fiber connection between Pakistan and China: Beijing-China-Pakistan Fiber Optic Project (CPFOP), the major project of digital connectivity between China and Pakistan, has started and for the first time fiber optic cable has become operational between the two countries. This project is considered to […]
Read more »Vietnam Is Booming Economically. Not Its Stock Market.
July 18th, 2020
Via Barron’s, a report on Vietnam: Vietnam is a bundle of contradictions for investors. Economically, the country is an all-star. Growth was cruising around 7% annually before this year. Exports are climbing the value chain from apparel to electronics. The population of 100 million is young, educated, and urbanizing at a rate around 1 million […]
Read more »China Tightens Its Grip on Central Asia
July 12th, 2020
Via National Interest, commentary on China’s interest in Central Asia: The Silk Roads evoke a sense of something soft and pleasant, but the rock hard truth is that China is winning,” Royal Holloway Scholar Gul Berna Ozcan said. “At its core, the Belt and Road is a nicely packaged global hegemonic plan.” Ozcan researches Chinese […]
Read more »China Invests In Iran
July 11th, 2020
Via Oil Price.com, an interesting look at the growing relationship between China and Iran: Last August, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, paid a visit to his China counterpart, Wang Li, to present a roadmap on a comprehensive 25-year China-Iran strategic partnership that built upon a previous agreement signed in 2016. Many of the key specifics […]
Read more »China-Laos Railway: Steady Progress
July 8th, 2020
Via China Daily, a report on progress on the China-Laos railway: Work on the China-Laos railway, a strategic project under the Belt and Road Initiative, is progressing steadily with work on Vientiane station commencing on Friday in the Laotian capital, despite COVID-19 challenges. The 14,543-square-meter station is the largest of the 20 newly-built stations under […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan The Missing Link In China’s Railway To Uzbekistan…And Beyond
July 6th, 2020
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on how Kyrgyzstan is the missing link in China’s railway to Uzbekistan…and beyond: The big problem with the announcement in early June that the first freight train had left the Chinese city of Lanzhou bound for the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, is that the railway link in Kyrgyzstan needed for the […]
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