Afghanistan, China Interested In Connecting Via Wakhan Corridor
June 28th, 2023
Via Times of Central Asia, a report that Afghanistan and China are interested in connecting via Wakhan corridor: The Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said that the Islamic Emirate (Taliban-led Afghan government) and China are interested in connecting via the Wakhan corridor, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported. The spokesman for the MoIC, Akhundzada Abdul […]
Read more »China’s Growing Influence in Latin America
June 27th, 2023
Via the Council on Foreign Relations, a detailed look at how – for more than two decades – China has developed close economic and security ties with many Latin American countries, including Brazil and Venezuela: Summary China is South America’s top trading partner and a major source of both foreign direct investment and lending in […]
Read more »The Infrastructure Trap: Kenya’s $5B Railway To Nowhere
June 27th, 2023
Via The Dial, commentary on how Kenya’s $5 billion railway to nowhere is exacerbating debt and corruption. One morning in March, a Chinese-built train departed the Kenyan capital of Nairobi and headed to the middle of nowhere. Chugging along the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), the train was eerily empty until a dozen Kenyan students from […]
Read more »The Global South Is Keeping Russia’s Energy Economy Afloat
June 26th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how gas and oil flows are reshaping geopolitical alignments: As villages and towns change hands in Ukraine during the counteroffensive operations against Russian forces and Moscow grapples with internal instability following Wagner’s failed mutiny, the global energy map is also being redrawn. The war has not only dramatically […]
Read more »China’s CNOOC To Explore Tanzania’s Offshore Oil and Gas Fields
June 25th, 2023
Via Tanzania’s The Citizen, a report on Tanzania’s efforts to boost the development of its natural gas resources: Chinese state-owned offshore oil and gas company CNOOC, is planning to start offshore exploration with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) Energy Minister January Makamba told Bloomberg on Thursday. Tanzania is looking to boost the development of its […]
Read more »BRICS Face a Reckoning
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on the BRICS whose potential enlargement would be a sign not of the group’s strength, but of China’s growing influence: In 2001, Goldman Sachs banker Jim O’Neill created the acronym “BRIC” to refer to Brazil, Russia, India, and China—countries he predicted would soon have a significant impact on the […]
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