China And North Korea Explore Cooperation
August 19th, 2012
Via AsiaNews, a report on China and North Korea’s cooperation: Beijing resolutely supports Pyongyang developing its economy and expects to explore new ways of cooperation, top Chinese leaders said yesterday when meeting the highest-level official from Pyongyang since Kim Jong-un took office. North Korean President Hu Jintao and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the remarks […]
Read more »China Brokers Tentative Oil Agreement Between The Sudans
August 15th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at China’s role in brokering a tentative oil agreement between the Sudans: China — a growing diplomatic powerhouse in Africa — played a vital role in securing a preliminary agreement on transit fees for hundred of thousands of barrels of oil being piped from South Sudan’s oil fields through […]
Read more »China’s Pipe Dream Turns Into a Public Relations Nightmare
July 22nd, 2012
Via Energy Tribune, an article on China’s oil & gas pipeline project in Myanmar: China’s oil and gas pipeline in Myanmar is making progress and projected for completion by mid 2013. Yet all is not well for the Middle Kingdom with its long-time ally Myanmar. Despite spending billions on the pipeline and trying to appease […]
Read more »Deal of the Century: Will Chinese Investment Save Congo?
July 18th, 2012
Courtesy of the Foreign Policy Association, an interesting article on China’s investment in the Congo: Twenty-four trillion dollars. It is a number that beggars the imagination, almost 40% of the global economy, and it is buried in one of the world’s poorest and most violent countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Failed state, rape capital […]
Read more »What Chinese Consumers Want…One Person’s View
July 13th, 2012
Courtesy of The China Observer, an interview with Tom Doctoroff, a China observer who shares his perspectives on Chinese consumers in his recently released book, What Chinese Want: What are the main differences between your recently released book, What Chinese Want and your earlier work Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer? My first book, […]
Read more »China’s Support Of North Korea: Cheap At Any Price?
July 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at China’s position of supporting North Korea: For those who worry about North Korea, the past few months can best be described as a time of quiet despair. Since North Korea reneged on the “Leap Day” food aid deal in March by announcing the test of a long-range […]
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