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,” […]
Read more »Chinese Mining Company Opens Giant Lithium Processing Plant in Zimbabwe
July 6th, 2023
Via AP News, a report on a new Chinese-funded lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe: A Chinese mining company formally opened a $300 million lithium processing plant Wednesday in Zimbabwe, which has one of the world’s largest reserves of the metal as demand surges globally because of its use in electric car batteries. Zimbabwe has the […]
Read more »The Taliban Are Now Arms Dealers
July 6th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, an article on a new line of business for the Taliban – shopping for left-behind American weapons—and turning them against Washington’s friends around the world: The U.S. military retreated from Afghanistan two years ago, leaving behind weapons that are now turning up in far-flung trouble spots where terrorists are fighting and killing […]
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