China’s Agrees On $3 Billion In Credits For Kyrgyzstan
September 12th, 2013
Via Oil Gas Daily, an article on China’s increasing partnership with Kyrgyzstan: China on Wednesday agreed credits worth over three billion dollars for energy projects in its northern neighbour Kyrgyzstan, during a visit by President Xi Jinping aimed at boosting Beijing’s influence in Central Asia. Xi held talks with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on the […]
Read more »Uzbekistan And China Sign Agreements Worth $15 Billion
September 12th, 2013
Via Oil Gas Daily, a report on China’s growing ties with Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday signed agreements worth $15 billion in key sectors, including the exploitation of oil, gas, and uranium fields in the Central Asian state. In the latest stop on Xi’s tour of Central Asia, […]
Read more »Russia’s Competition For Natural Gas Deals With China
September 12th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), some analysis of China’s natural gas supplier options: As China diversifies its options for natural gas suppliers, it is leveraging its position to get the best deals it can out of new contracts with Russia. Because Russia is counting on the Chinese natural gas market to help it move away from […]
Read more »China’s Economic Disparity…In Maps
September 11th, 2013
Via Matt Hartzell’s blog, an interesting look at China’s economic distribution: [click to enlarge] How is income distributed across the Chinese nation? As we can see in the above map, highly unevenly! This map (which uses data accurate as of December 2011) uses blue to show those provinces where the average income is higher than […]
Read more »The Promises and Problems of Gwadar Port
August 29th, 2013
Courtesy of Future Directions, some analysis on Gwadar Port which, though plagued with problems, is likely to succeed in becoming an economic hub: Background Gwadar Port is a deep water port being constructed, primarily with Chinese capital, in the south of the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. Operational control of the port was formally transferred to […]
Read more »Iran-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline To Extend To China?
August 29th, 2013
Via Oil Price.com, an interesting look at China’s potential involvement in an Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline: The energy relations between Iran and Pakistan are a marriage made in heaven, except for international politics. Pakistan’s current energy deficit problems are severe and increasing. Pakistan’s most respected English-language newspaper, “Dawn,” recently headlined an article, “Pakistan, Nuclear-armed but […]
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