Afghanistan-Uzbekistan-Pakistan Railway Line Mapped Out
February 3rd, 2021
Via Ariana News, a report on a planned Afghanistan-Uzbekistan-Pakistan railway line: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan on Tuesday signed an agreement for a landmark railway link aimed at bolstering trade ties between Central and South Asia. The signing ceremony for the multi-billion-dollar project took place in Tashkent, and was attended by senior officials from the three […]
Read more »China’s Pakistan Investments A Double-Edged Sword
February 2nd, 2021
Via The Asia Times, a report on how Chinese investment is unmistakably transforming Pakistan but local resistance is rising to all the asset buying and building: Chinese companies are taking over major businesses in Pakistan’s export-led manufacturing sector, the profit-making heart of the nation’s $276 billion economy. As rising Chinese investment promises to boost Pakistan’s […]
Read more »Papua New Guinea and China’s Debt Squeeze
February 2nd, 2021
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how PNG’s telecom industry is a showcase example of how debt to China weighs down governments and constrains choices: The discussion of China, debt, and infrastructure, is beset by stereotypes. On the one hand, China would prefer to be seen as a development partner. According to this view, it’s a trusted, […]
Read more »China Builds Digital Silk Road in Pakistan to Africa and Europe
February 1st, 2021
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how China is helping Pakistan untangle its growing number of communications lines, connecting Xinjiang and Africa with a fiber optic submarine cable: China is set to lay the final stretch of a cross-border fiber optic cable in Pakistan that will create the Digital Silk Road, serving the geostrategic interests of […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Slow March Towards A Market Economy
February 1st, 2021
Via Eurasianet, a report on Turkmenistan’s slow march towards a market economy: The job of driving Turkmenistan’s march toward the market economy lies with the parastatal Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Despite its name, the union is more conglomerate than lobby group. Working hand in glove with the state as it does, the UIET serves […]
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