Chinese Company Offers $10B Investment In Afghanistan’s Lithium Deposits
April 14th, 2023
While the sum seems rather high, The Frontier Post reports on a purported $10B offer by a Chinese firm for Afghanistan’s lithium deposits: The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Thursday that a Chinese Company, Gochin expressed its interest in investing $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium deposits. According to the statement, the acting […]
Read more »How Indonesia Used Chinese Industrial Investments to Turn Nickel into the New Gold
April 11th, 2023
Via The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an examination of how China’s Belt and Road Initiative helped build an industrial complex in Indonesia—but contestations at the local and national levels compelled Chinese players to adapt to rapidly shifting Indonesian cross-currents: CHINA LOCAL/GLOBAL China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about […]
Read more »China Eyes Russia’s Far East Resources
April 11th, 2023
Via The Asia Times, an article on China’s interest in Russia’s Far East: China and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic ties after top leaders held high-profile meetings in Moscow, but Chinese investment in Russia’s underdeveloped Far East region is not a done deal. Since mid-2022, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has promoted a proposal […]
Read more »Egypt-China Relations Strengthen With $2 Billion Factory Deal
April 11th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on China’s growing investment in Egypt: Egypt’s Suez Canal announced a deal on Thursday with a Chinese company to build a steel and iron factory. The agreement is one of a few Egyptian and Chinese entities have signed recently and demonstrates China’s growing footprint in Egypt. The Suez Canal Economic […]
Read more »“It’s Electric!”: China’s Power Play in Latin America
April 10th, 2023
Via Wilson Center, a report on China’s focus on energy generation and transmission projects in Latin America: For a decade, China’s major electricity companies have been laser focused on energy generation and transmission in Latin America and the Caribbean, a trend accelerated by the departure of Western competitors, including Brazil-based Odebrecht and U.S. and European […]
Read more »China’s $540 Million Energy Deal With Taliban in Afghanistan: What Does It Mean?
March 4th, 2023
Via The Geopolitics, an article on China’s $540 million energy deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan: The Taliban celebrated the signing of their first international deal since taking power in August 2021 with a televised event on January 5, 2023. The document signed is a contract for the exploitation of oil reserves in northern Afghanistan with a […]
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