China Seeks Profit, Shuns Politics, In Afghanistan
October 8th, 2011
Via Reuters, a report on China’s focus on Afghan natural resources: The Chinese passengers boarding the weekly Ariana Flight 332 from the remote western city of Urumqi to Kabul speak volumes about ties between a rising China, the world’s number two economy, and its desperately poor and unstable neighbour, Afghanistan. Of at least nine Chinese, […]
Read more »The Not-So-Great Game: Afghanistan and China
October 4th, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, a very interesting article on the Pentagon’s recent handling of Afghanistan’s natural resources. As the article notes: In about a week, the Afghan Ministry of Mines will announce that the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) — the largest state-owned Chinese company — has won the rights to develop and explore several oil […]
Read more »Afghan-Sino Relations
September 19th, 2011
Via Afghan Lord, a detailed review of Afghan-Chinese relations: “…It is said that the Afghan-Chinese relationship goes back to the seventh century when Chinese monks traveled through Silk Road to visit the Buddha statues in Bamyian, blown up by Taliban in 2001. The Silk Road was not only used for a pilgrimage purpose, but also […]
Read more »China’s CNPC Close To Afghan Oil Deal
September 5th, 2011
Via The Globe and Mail, a report that CNPC, the Chinese energy company, is poised to win the first oilfield to be tendered in Afghanistan since the U.S. ousted the Taliban in revenge for sheltering Osama bin Laden a decade ago. As the article notes: “…China’s push into Afghanistan is part of a broader drive […]
Read more »Afghan Iron Ore And India’s Resource Diplomacy
July 7th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on the global competition for access to Afghanistan’s iron deposits: “…India is well-versed in resource diplomacy. Just a day after the Pentagon published projections for Afghanistan’s mineral fortune last year, New Delhi called itself Kabul’s ‘natural ally’ and set up ministerial meetings. Now, less than a year later, […]
Read more »J.P. Morgan’s Hunt For Afghan Gold
May 28th, 2011
Via Fortune, an interesting article on J.P. Morgan’s hunt for Afghan gold: Villagers assembled for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the gold mine in Qara Zaghan. The U.S. government estimates that minerals worth nearly $1 trillion lie beneath Afghanistan’s soil. FORTUNE — Qara Zaghan, Afghanistan: The four Black Hawk helicopters sweep down on this remote river […]
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