Kazakhstan once harbored grand plans for a high-speed rail network. The Diplomat examines why – while its neighbors have pushed ahead with such projects – HSR fallen out of favor in Astana: High-speed train travel can be a challenging prospect for any nation. To achieve speeds of 250 kilometers per hour, high-speed rail (HSR) requires […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Peru’s new Chinese-built megaport: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate the $1.3bn Chancay port on the Pacific coast when he visits Peru for a summit in mid-November, amid growing concerns among US security officials that the facility’s size, depth and strategic location make it suitable […]
Read more »Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report on the UAE’s billions of dollars of investment into Africa’s mines, ports and other projects: Across the world, the U.S., China and Russia are rubbing up against each other as Beijing and Moscow try to establish a new international order. The tiny United Arab Emirates is looking closer […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at the recent decision by the the Trump Organization to build a $1.5 billion course in Hung Yen, the home province of Communist Party chief To Lam: Who knows what Donald Trump recalls of his first presidency or how much of what went on during those four years will […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, an article on a possible option to help transport South Sudan oil: Oil company made Kenya discoveries more than a decade ago South Sudan’s exports have been held up by a broken pipeline Tullow Oil Plc’s delayed project to export oil from discoveries in Kenya by pipeline to the coast could be a […]
Read more »Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how rebel activity in Myanmar, the world’s 3rd-largest rare earths producer, is disrupting exports to neighboring China: Armed rebels are taking control of key rare-earth mining areas in Myanmar, a development that threatens to disrupt supply chains for electric vehicles and other products that pass through China. The Kachin […]
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