Doess Global Road To Clean Energy Economy Run Through Myanmar’s Murky Mines?
June 14th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, commentary on Myanmar ‘s control over the supply of critical metals for clean energy products: Kachin State in northern Myanmar has a long history of armed groups using illicit gold, copper, or iron deposits to fund insurgent activities. Lately, reports have been trickling in about a free-for-all scramble for the control of another group of […]
Read more »Cuba Is Making Its Own Smartphone – With China’s Help
June 14th, 2021
Via Vice, a report on Cuba’s efforts to make its own smartphone: The Cuban government is gearing up to produce what almost every Cuban wants – unless it’s made in Cuba. A new smartphone. The project is part of Cuba’s attempt to catch up to the tech revolution — although on its singular terms. In […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Says China Gas Pipeline Debt Paid Off
June 14th, 2021
Via Oil Gas Daily, a report that Turkmenistan says its debt to China for its gas pipeline has been paid in full: Turkmenistan’s autocrat leader said that his country’s debts to China for a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline and another gas project had been paid off “in full”, state media reported Saturday. China has invested billions in […]
Read more »Uzbekistan, Tajikistan Do $1 Billion In Deals, Eye Trade Bonanza
June 13th, 2021
Via EurasiaNet, a report on recent deals between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: Uzbekistan’s president was met this week with pomp and ceremony in Tajikistan at the start of a three-day visit that produced pledges for more than $1 billion in commercial deals and joint projects. It is a stark turnaround in affairs from only a few years […]
Read more »What Africa’s Telecom Sector Is Doing With Its Booming Global Funding
June 13th, 2021
Via Quartz, a look at what Africa’s telecom sector is doing with its booming global funding: Telecom and tech companies in Africa are reaching new milestones, capitalizing on renewed international investor interest to pour money into infrastructure development, finance the roll-out of data centers, propel fiber connectivity to new areas, and deploy new mobile networks in key markets. […]
Read more »Suez Closure Brightens the Future of China’s New Silk Road
June 12th, 2021
Via Jamestown Foundation, a look at how the recent Suez closure brightened the future of China’s New Silk Road: On March 23, the 240,000-ton, 1,312 feet long (399 meters) Panama-flagged MV container ship Ever Given, drawing 47 ft 7 in (14.5 meters) and carrying 20,000 containers from China’s Yantian International Container Terminal in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province […]
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