CPEC: Can Pakistan Afford China’s ‘Friendship’?
July 3rd, 2017
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the impact of the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): In recent months, the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has left Pakistanis emboldened, Indians angry, and U.S. analysts worried. Ostensibly, CPEC will connect Pakistan to China’s western Xinjiang province through the development of vast new transportation and energy infrastructure. The project is part of […]
Read more »The Blueprint for China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation
July 3rd, 2017
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at some practical steps the three countries can take to boost trilateral cooperation: The demand for trilateral cooperation among China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has increased more than ever in Afghanistan and China. In Pakistan, the demand for such trilateral cooperation looks good on paper, but in practice the state policy of “strategic […]
Read more »OBOR Online: The Digital Silk Road
June 21st, 2017
Via the Financial Express, a report on the implications that China-funded digital connectivity in OBOR geographies has for global e-commerce: Focus on the land and sea corridors in China’s One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR) has overlooked a vital aspect of connectivity that the initiative aspires: digital connectivity. This could be the biggest force of continental cross-border connections generated […]
Read more »In Central Asia, China Finds a Crowded Playing Field
June 20th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at how China has found a crowded playing field in Central Asia: The expansion of the Central Asia-China pipeline will eventually enable Turkmenistan to export its natural gas to new markets, but in the meantime, it will be more reliant on China. Though improving transport infrastructure is a shared […]
Read more »Uzbekistan And China Start Gas Production In Bukhara Region
June 19th, 2017
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on joint Chinese-Uzbek gas production in Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have launched natural gas production at Dengizkul, Khodjadavlat and Sharkiy Alat gas condensate fields in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported. The new gas […]
Read more »Sudan: China’s Original Foothold in Africa
June 14th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at China’s relationship with Sudan: China’s legacy in Sudan is immediately visible in downtown Khartoum. Near where the Blue and White Nile join to form the world’s longest river sits the People’s Friendship Cooperation Hall, a gift from China to the People’s Republic to Sudan that dates to 1976. […]
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