Saudi Arabia and China Flaunt Growing Ties at Investment Forum
June 13th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on a recent Arab-China business conference during which Chinese companies inked $10 billion in investment deals with businesses and government bodies in the Arab world, as the Middle East emerges as a hot destination for Chinese investors: The message at an Arab-China business forum hosted by Saudi […]
Read more »China, Pakistan, and the Taliban: CPEC in Afghanistan
June 12th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, commentary on China, Pakistan, and the Taliban from the lens of CPEC in Afghanistan: The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Claudia Chia – an independent researcher and former research analyst […]
Read more »Venezuela Has More Than Just Oil and China Knows It
June 10th, 2023
Via National Interest, a look at why Venezuela’s mineral wealth is of particular interest to Beijing, and why the CCP is willing to invest heavily to ensure its extraction: On May 17, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro received a delegation group led by Lin Mingxiang, vice minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party’s […]
Read more »Morocco, GOTION High-Tech Sign $6.4B Battery Production Deal
June 10th, 2023
Via Utilities Middle East, a report on Morocco and China’s GOTION High-Tech $6.4 billion battery production deal which also includes the construction of a “Giga Factory” in Rabat, with an annual production capacity of 100 gigawatt-hours: Morocco has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GOTION High-Tech, a Chinese-European group specialising in electric mobility, to […]
Read more »China Edging Out Russia as Sanctions Redraw Kazakhstan Trade
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how China could soon eclipse Russia as Kazakhstan’s biggest trade partner and, by 2030, Kazakh trade with China could surpass such trade with the entire EU. An economic seesaw between China and Russia in Central Asia is moving toward a new equilibrium for Kazakhstan, which expects its eastern neighbor […]
Read more »Eritrea: Latest Geostrategic Puzzle Piece and Future Transportation Hub
June 9th, 2023
Via New Eastern Outlook, commentary on the potential for Eritrea to not only become a regional transportation hub at the center of trade between the most distant partners on the planet, but also a geopolitical player as larger nations such as Russia, China, and others angle for influence in Africa: On May 31st, Vladimir Putin […]
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