Land Ports on China-Russia Border Break Train Trips Record
July 7th, 2023
Via New Silk Road Discovery, a report on growing China-Europe trade via rail: The largest land port on the China-Russia border, Manzhouli in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Suifenhe Port, Heilongjiang province’s largest land port, recorded 2,754 trips of inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains in the first half of this year, according to […]
Read more »Latin American Renewables Boom: Not Just A China Story
July 6th, 2023
Courtesy of The Asia Times, a report on Latin America’s renewable industry where Chinese firms back the lion’s share of projects but homegrown industries and ‘frugal innovation’ also are key: The story of renewable energy’s rapid rise in Latin America often focuses on Chinese influence, and for good reason. China’s government, banks and companies have […]
Read more »In Timor-Leste, China Chips Away at Australian Influence
July 6th, 2023
Via The China Project, a report on growing Chinese influence in Timor Leste: In 2017, Timor-Leste signed up to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and hosted Chinese warships in its ports. It led to fears of a political power-play by the P.R.C., with some calling Timor-Leste “Australia’s Cuba.” The tiny half-island nation of Timor-Leste […]
Read more »Angola: Continued Efforts to Speed Up Economic Diversification
July 6th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an interesting look at the recent appointment of an economic reformer in Angola that should bode well for continued economic growth: José de Lima Massano, renowned for his competence, was appointed Angola’s Minister of State for Economic Coordination. His main task will be to put an end to fuel subsidies, […]
Read more »Sour Power: LatAm Countries Among Top Lemon Producers
July 6th, 2023
Courtesy of Latinometrics, an interesting look at the importance of Latin American and other emerging markets in global lemon production: Let’s start this story about lemons and limes by clarifying some confusion: Generally speaking, lemons are ‘limas,’ and limes are ‘limones’ in Spanish. As native Spanish speakers, this has always been a significant source of […]
Read more »Africa: ‘Solar Is the Oil of 21st Century’
July 6th, 2023
Via the East African, a look at the importance of solar energy in Africa but the fact that investment in the sector is still negligible as – last year – even though $250 billion globally was invested in solar, only two percent of it came to Africa: Solar is the “oil of the 21st century,” […]
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