Belt & Road Reaching Far and Wide In Middle East
March 7th, 2022
Via The Asia Times, an article on how China’s infrastructure scheme is now connected from Iran through Iraq to the eastern Mediterranean with more links to come: “All eyes on Ukraine,” writes a former staff member of a British prime minister in an email. That is understandable, but not to the exclusion of everything else. […]
Read more »Ukraine War Has Killed China’s Eurasian Railway Dreams
March 7th, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the impact of the Ukraine conflict on China’s ‘Iron Silk Road’ dreams: When he was welcomed to Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Feb. 6 for the Olympics, Polish President Andrzej Duda talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the long-standing vision of transforming Poland into China’s “gateway to Europe.” […]
Read more »China, India, and Sri Lanka’s Unprecedented Economic Crisis
March 6th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report on Sri Lanka’s economic crisis: Sri Lanka is currently facing its worst economic crisis since the country gained independence in 1948. In spite of constant assurances by the governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), international rating agencies as well as economists have sounded the alarm about Sri […]
Read more »Is Uganda’s Entebbe Airport At Risk of Seizure By China?
March 6th, 2022
Via Quartz Africa, a look at the realities behind China’s debt financing of African infrastructure: Late last year, local and international media reported that Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport was at risk of being taken over by China upon default on a loan for the upgrade and expansion of the airport. The controversial news was even turned into a skit by […]
Read more »China’s Investment Setbacks in Panama
February 26th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on China’s investments in Panama: Since the 2013, China has made major infrastructure investments worldwide as part of President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). One significant recipient of Chinese investment has been Panama, which under former President Juan Carlos Varela switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to […]
Read more »How China Beat Out the U.S. to Dominate South America
February 18th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on how China beat the U.S. in South America: In the hinterland of Argentina, Mario Pizarro’s office looks like a shrine to China. There’s the framed photo of a Chinese peasant with Pizarro’s face superimposed beneath the conical farmer hat. There’s the blue-robed smiling Buddha statue. And there’s the model wind […]
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