Via FrontierMyanmar, a report that three Chinese firms appealed to Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw to arrange liquified natural gas imports from Russia amid economic turmoil in Myanmar: A leaked document from the junta’s Ministry of Electric Power reveals that three Chinese energy companies appealed to the junta for help importing liquified natural gas from the Russian […]
Read more »Via Center for a New American Security, a detailed report on how the West can counter China’s BRI: China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—originally called “One Belt, One Road”—nine years ago, pledging to use its vast financial resources and construction capacity to build roads, railways, ports, and other infrastructure across the world. Beijing […]
Read more »Via East Asia Forum, an article on the impact that Chinese technology has on MENA states: China’s growing influence in the global technological market reflects Beijing’s ambition to be a leading player in digital technology. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for China to dominate advanced technology manufacturing by 2025. The Digital Silk Road (DSR), […]
Read more »Via the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies, a report on China’s footprint in Latin America: Latin America’s external relations have historically been shaped mainly by the region’s relationship with the United States and Europe. In contemporary times, China has been interested in the region since the Cold War period. Until the late 1990s, relations […]
Read more »Via the Clingendael Institute’s China Center, commentary on China’s Digital Silk Road: Since the introduction of the Digital Silk Road as part of the BRI in 2015, China’s presence internationally has taken a digital turn. Beijing aspires to set global standards for technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. These efforts as part of […]
Read more »Via an scholarly examination of China’s BRI strategy in East Africa as a particular variegation of transnational state capitalism and neoglobalization: ABSTRACT The most significant case of transnational state capitalism today is China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which seeks to expand/extend the country’s geoeconomic and geopolitical integrations globally. We conceptualise the BRI as manifest […]
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