East China’s Lianyungang Port Develops As Hub For Connecting Central & SE Asia
August 22nd, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, an article on how Jiangsu’s Lianyungang connects trade between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Japan, South Korea, and Singapore: A new rail freight route from Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu Province near to Shanghai on China’s east coast, through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan began operating over the past weekend, containing more than 1,000 tons of goods. […]
Read more »PGII vs. BRI: Developing Asia Spoiled For Infrastructure Choice
August 22nd, 2022
Via East Asia Forum, an article on developing Asia’s options for infrastructure financing support: Since its launch at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in June 2022, the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) has been met with both interest and skepticism. Infrastructure development has been a perennial bane for developing countries, whose ability […]
Read more »China Donates Communications Equipment To Syrian Regime
August 22nd, 2022
Via Enab Baladi, a report on China’s recent aid to the Syrian regime in the form of equipment and a communications network which has raised questions about the motives of Beijing: On 20 July, the Syrian regime’s Minister of Communications, Iyad al-Khatib, signed with the Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, an aid agreement, including communications equipment for […]
Read more »CASA-1000 Project Stalled Due To Afghan Issues
August 21st, 2022
Via The Frontier Post, a report that the CASA-1000 project is stalled due to Afghan issues: The CASA-1000 project to build a power line between Central Asia and South Asia has been stalled by turmoil in Afghanistan, Reuters reported, quoting an official privy to the issue. The project to allow Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, former Soviet republics […]
Read more »China’s Digital Inroads In The Global South
August 20th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s deepening its hold on the digital information ecosystems of developing countries: Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman announced while on a tour of the Pacific Island states that U.S. President Joe Biden “is looking forward to welcoming” Pacific Leaders in September 2022. Although the exact date of […]
Read more »‘Go To South-East Asia, Young One’
August 20th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, insightful commentary on how – courted by superpowers – southeast Asia is where young westerners should try their luck: At no point in his memoir, even when he knows that Changi Prison beckons, does Nick Leeson sour on south-east Asia. A back-office job for Barings Bank in Jakarta had got […]
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