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. […]
Read more »Chinese Energy Companies Lobby Junta To Import Russian Gas
September 25th, 2022
Via FrontierMyanmar, a report that three Chinese firms appealed to Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw to arrange liquified natural gas imports from Russia amid economic turmoil in Myanmar: A leaked document from the junta’s Ministry of Electric Power reveals that three Chinese energy companies appealed to the junta for help importing liquified natural gas from the Russian […]
Read more »Competitive Connectivity: Transatlantic Responses to China’s BRI
September 25th, 2022
Via Center for a New American Security, a detailed report on how the West can counter China’s BRI: China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—originally called “One Belt, One Road”—nine years ago, pledging to use its vast financial resources and construction capacity to build roads, railways, ports, and other infrastructure across the world. Beijing […]
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