Afghanistan Accepted Into China’s Belt & Road Initiative
June 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of Silk Road Briefing, an article on Afghanistan’s acceptance into China’s BRI: China and Pakistan have agreed to extend the Belt and Road Initiative into Afghanistan, potentially drawing in billions of dollars to fund infrastructure projects in the sanctions-hit country, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry. The agreement was reached in Islamabad on Sunday (May […]
Read more »Vladivostok To Become A Transit Port For Chinese Shipments
May 31st, 2023
Courtesy of Clingendael China Center, analysis of a recent announcement that Vladivostok will become a transit port for Chinese shipments: Historically, during the Qing Dynasty, Vladivostok and its surrounding area belonged to China. However, the Convention of Peking in 1860 resulted in the territory being ceded to Russia, thereby severing China’s direct access to the […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Unveils $207M Geological Project To Tap Arabian Shield Region
May 31st, 2023
Via Arab News, a report that Saudi Arabia has recently unveiled a US$207M geological mapping project to tap Arabian Shield region which features the substantial involvement of the Chinese Geological Survey: Saudi Arabia is set to build a vast database of topographic insights and explore huge swathes of mineral deposits in the Arabian Shield region, […]
Read more »China To Invest In Suez Canal Economic Zone
May 30th, 2023
Via Geopolitics in South Asia, a report that Chinese firms are making significant investments into new Suez-based projects: Chinese companies have pledged to invest over US$3 billion in new Suez-based projects. Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) secured the investments from Chinese companies active in chemical, textile and apparel, power, pipes, and iron and steel […]
Read more »Brick By Brick, BRICS Building A New Bridge For A New World
May 30th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on how the BRICS are now a new bridge to a New World: Measuring BRICS in single decades, in 2001, BRIC started as an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China; Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill claimed that by 2050 the four BRIC economies would come to dominate the global […]
Read more »Kenya Railway Study Shows Chinese Investment Projects Aren’t A One-Way Street
May 30th, 2023
Via The Conversation, an article on how a Kenya railway study shows Chinese-funded investment projects aren’t a one-way street: China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$5 billion in foreign direct investment in African countries. The rapidly increasing Chinese presence across Africa has become a contentious issue […]
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