Africa’s Longest Oil Pipeline Takes Shape In Niger
October 14th, 2022
Via Oil & Gas Daily, a look at Africa’s longest oil pipeline project: Chinese and Nigerien workers haul giant steel pipes over mounds of earth as heavily armed soldiers keep guard. At Gaya in southwest Niger, near the border with Benin, the longest oil pipeline in Africa is being built. With a projected length of nearly […]
Read more »China’s Growing Investment In Russia’s Resource-Rich Far East
October 7th, 2022
Via South China Morning Post, a look at a number of joint infrastructure projects between China and Russia that have been completed in the resource-rich Far East region in recent months to make imports of Russian oil, natural gas and farm goods easier: China is strengthening transport links with Russia’s Far East at an accelerating pace, with […]
Read more »Africa-China Trade
October 4th, 2022
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on Sino-African trade relations and the issues underlying the partnerships between the continent and the Asian giant: Is trade still dynamic, in sharp decline or completely insignificant? At a time when global inflation is reaching new heights and geopolitical balances are being reconfigured, we take a look at Sino-African […]
Read more »India’s $1.2 Trillion Plan to Snatch Factories From China
October 2nd, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on India’s plan to attract manufacturing activity from China: In India, half of all infrastructure projects are delayed, and one in four run over their estimated budget. Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes technology is the solution to these perennial and notorious bottlenecks. Under a 100-trillion-rupee ($1.2 trillion) mega project called PM […]
Read more »West Follows China’s Lead With Its Own ‘Belt and Roads’
October 1st, 2022
Courtesy of The Asia Times, commentary on how the EU and G7 are planning their own versions of the Chinese-led global infrastructure project: In the past 10 years, China has built more than 100,000 kilometers of roads and railways in Africa. The massive project is part of the Belt and Road Initiative, a China-led global […]
Read more »New Chinese-Built Freeway In Cameroon To Drive Growth
September 26th, 2022
Via China Daily, a report on a new Chinese-built freeway in Cameroon: A newly opened Chinese-built freeway in southwestern Cameroon better links people and freight to a deep seaport, will boost the development of the local industrial zone, expand the country’s freeway network, enhance the local economy and improve ties between China and African countries. […]
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