How China Took Control of Ecuador’s Oil
November 27th, 2013
Via Reuters, an interesting article on China’s control of Ecuador’s oil: China’s aggressive quest for foreign oil has reached a new milestone, according to records reviewed by Reuters: near monopoly control of crude exports from an OPEC nation, Ecuador. Last November, Marco Calvopiña, the general manager of Ecuador’s state oil company PetroEcuador, was dispatched to […]
Read more »China’s Venezuela Exposure
October 29th, 2013
Via The Dipomat, a report on China’s engagement with Venezuela: The visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to China last month was, on the face of it, a cause for quite a bit of relief for Beijing. After all, strong Beijing ally Hugo Chavez had only passed away in March, and there was some concern […]
Read more »Mongolia, China: An Encouraging Signs for Investors
October 29th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on Mongolia’s changing attitude towards Chinese investment: Mongolian Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Oct. 25. Summary On Oct. 26, less than a month after Mongolia’s parliament voted to scrap a foreign investment law designed to prevent Chinese state-owned enterprises from […]
Read more »Kashgar: On The Move
October 14th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at Kashgar: China’s westernmost city, Kashgar lies at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, closer to Bagdad than Beijing. For travellers and traders coming from Central Asia and Pakistan, the city offers a first glimpse of China. Yet, in most cases, Kashgar strikes them for its similarities to the […]
Read more »The Iron Silk Road: Reconnecting the Russia-North Korea Rail Link
September 25th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at the reconnected Russia-North Korea rail link: North Korea and Russia marked the reopening of a cross-border rail link connecting Russia’s Khasan with North Korea’s Rason port development zone. The rail reconnection, agreed upon more than a decade ago, will initially be used by Russia to transport […]
Read more »China’s New Friends In Its Quest For Energy
September 24th, 2013
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at China’s efforts to participate in petroleum projects around the world: On the northern reaches of the Caspian Sea, not far from this old Soviet town known for its oil and sturgeon, lies a vast new oil find, the biggest outside the Middle East. China was rebuffed […]
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