Saudi Investment in Chinese Mainland
April 13th, 2021
Via Belt & Road News, an article on Saudi Investment in the Chinese Mainland: Ajlan & Bros Holding Group, a private conglomerate from Saudi Arabia, will further expand its investments in China, especially in fields like renewable energy, financial services and the garment industry, a top company official said. China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) offers huge […]
Read more »Currency Collapse Mirrors Turkmenistan’s Extreme Economic Woes
April 13th, 2021
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on Turkmenistan’s economic crisis: When the exchange rate of Turkmenistan’s national currency, the manat, fell to 40 to the dollar on the black market on April 3, it was more than 11 times the long-standing official rate of 3.5 manats per dollar. It was also an all-time low for […]
Read more »Geopolitical Competition in Caspian Region About More Than Gas and Oil
April 13th, 2021
Via The Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Caspian region: Geopolitical competition in the Caspian Sea region over oil and natural gas fields, pipelines carrying these hydrocarbons across that body of water, and security measures intended to protect both have attracted the bulk of the attention of the littoral states as well as outside powers […]
Read more »India : A Popular—and Clever—Investor In Poor Countries
April 13th, 2021
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on India’s investment approach in other developing nations: In Central Lusaka a brand-new flyover flutters with the green, white and saffron of the Indian flag. Throughout the Zambian capital lorries produced by Tata Motors, part of the steel-to-tech Tata empire, are used in everything from construction to rubbish collection. […]
Read more »Sino-French African Pipeline Deal
April 13th, 2021
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report on a recently announced Sino-French African pipeline deal: French green groups on Monday denounced a newly inked multi-national accord to build a massive crude oil pipeline in East Africa, warning of huge environmental risks. The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments joined oil companies Total of France and China’s CNOOC […]
Read more »China’s Digital Silk Road
April 13th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s Digital Silk Road and what it may mean for digital governance: China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR) was launched in 2015 as a component of Beijing’s vast vision for global connectivity, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Like the BRI, the DSR is not monolithic and involves many actors at all levels […]
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