Taliban Wants Russian Oil In Exchange For Minerals and Medicinal Herbs
August 23rd, 2022
Via Business Insider, an article on the Taliban’s interests in importing oil from Russia in exchange for minerals and medicinal herbs: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is discussing a deal with Moscow that could involve trading Russian crude oil products in exchange for raisins, minerals, and medicinal herbs, according to RIA Novosti, a Russian state-owned news agency. Nuriddin […]
Read more »More Difficulties For The Caspian Pipeline Consortium
August 23rd, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report of difficulties for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium: In a press release on August 22, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium confirmed reports that it had suspended oil loading at two of its three single mooring points at the Black Sea terminal Yuzhnaya Ozereye, near the port of Novorossiysk. Reuters had reported on the suspension […]
Read more »East China’s Lianyungang Port Develops As Hub For Connecting Central & SE Asia
August 22nd, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on how Jiangsu’s Lianyungang connects trade between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Japan, South Korea, and Singapore: A new rail freight route from Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu Province near to Shanghai on China’s east coast, through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan began operating over the past weekend, containing more than 1,000 tons of goods. […]
Read more »PGII vs. BRI: Developing Asia Spoiled For Infrastructure Choice
August 22nd, 2022
Via East Asia Forum, an article on developing Asia’s options for infrastructure financing support: Since its launch at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in June 2022, the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) has been met with both interest and skepticism. Infrastructure development has been a perennial bane for developing countries, whose ability […]
Read more »China Donates Communications Equipment To Syrian Regime
August 22nd, 2022
Via Enab Baladi, a report on China’s recent aid to the Syrian regime in the form of equipment and a communications network which has raised questions about the motives of Beijing: On 20 July, the Syrian regime’s Minister of Communications, Iyad al-Khatib, signed with the Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, an aid agreement, including communications equipment for […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Booming and This Time It Isn’t Only About Oil
August 22nd, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on the Kingdom’s economy, which is the fastest growing in the Group of 20: The more than 300 apartments in Almajdiah Residence’s new Riyadh complex sold in just a month for cash, without the company even having to advertise. This is Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of oil, so it’s […]
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