Russia’s Three Gas Pipelines to China and The West
December 2nd, 2019
Via Oil and Gas Daily, an article on Russia’s three gas pipelines to China and the West: Russia, the world’s top gas exporter, is planning to launch three major natural gas pipelines in the near future. – Power of Siberia – Billed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the world’s biggest construction project,” the giant pipeline will send […]
Read more »North Korea’s Economy: The View From China
November 28th, 2019
Via The Diplomat, commentary on the fact that – sanctions aside – many Chinese businesspeople are willing to invest across the border, but is North Korea ready to open its doors for them? Since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, he has held several rare meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, […]
Read more »China Builds In Myanmar’s Conflict Areas
November 26th, 2019
Via China Dialogue, a report on China’s new infrastructure corridor through Myanmar which crosses war-torn regions, risking further conflict and environmental degradation: A year ago, Myanmar and China signed an agreement to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), as part of China’s Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative. Today, that corridor is mired in conflict between […]
Read more »Africa’s Experience With Chinese Investors Has Some Parallels With Central Asia
November 4th, 2019
Via Eurasia.net, an article on China’s investment activities in Central Asia: Poorly governed, resource-rich countries with exploding populations that are hungry for investment: Africa and Central Asia have much in common. Both are also aggressively courted by Chinese investors, these days under the catch-all Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI. Africa got a head start, […]
Read more »China’s “Maritime Road” Looks More Defensive Than Imperialist
October 27th, 2019
Via The Economist, a look at China’s BRI-related foreign port-building that seems to focus more on protecting existing trade routes than expanding such: An old saying warns about Greeks bearing gifts, but it might fit the Chinese better. In the 1400s Zheng He, a Muslim slave who became the Ming empire’s admiral, led seven voyages south and west. […]
Read more »An Undone Buckle? Trouble for Belt and Road in Myanmar
October 23rd, 2019
Via China Dialogue, an article on China’s new infrastructure route through Myanmar: A year ago, Myanmar and China signed an agreement to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), as part of China’s Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative. Today, that corridor is mired in conflict between the Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups. Stretching 1,700km, […]
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