North Korea’s Growing Trade Dependency on China: Mixed Strategic Implications
June 17th, 2012
Via The Council on Foreign Relations, a report on the complex relationship between China and North Korea: North Korean workers nap on piles of fertilizer shipped from China on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju (Jacky Chen/courtesy Reuters) North Korea’s trade dependency on China has skyrocketed in the past […]
Read more »China May Fund Cambodia-Vietnam Rail
June 13th, 2012
Via the Phnom Phenh Post, a report that China may fund a Cambodia-Vietnam rail line. As the article notes: Cambodia was in discussions with the Chinese government on funding for a 250-kilometre stretch of rail line between Phnom Penh and Vietnam, in what Cambodian officials yesterday called a move away from a “complicated” Asian Development […]
Read more »China’s Pipeline From Myanmar Under Pressure
May 8th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a look at the challenges related to the planned Chinese pipeline from Myanmar’s west coast to China: In late February, Burmese vice-president U Tin Aung Mying Oo led a ministerial delegation to Maday Island on Myanmar’s west coast, the starting point for two major pipelines that will carry oil and gas to […]
Read more »Russia’s BRIC Power Play
May 8th, 2012
Via Forbes, an interesting article on Russia’s influence on BRIC energy policy. As the report notes: President Putin is officially back, with his swearing in scheduled for Monday, but this time he has a problem. The Russian masses have started to see through the political mist of the Kremlin; they don’t like what’s on show. […]
Read more »China’s Influence in Myanmar
April 6th, 2012
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at China’s enduring influence in Myanmar: China’s Foreign Ministry released a statement today calling on Western powers to lift all sanctions on Myanmar after the country’s by-elections were regarded by international monitors as relatively free and fair. This is an unusual statement from a state that the West has […]
Read more »Venezuelan Oil: A Risky Investment For China
March 16th, 2012
Via The Washington Times, a report on China’s investment in Venezuelan oil: China has poured billions of dollars into Venezuela’s oil sector to expand its claim over the country’s massive oil reserves. But Beijing is getting relatively little for its investments, and Chinese officials are increasingly frustrated with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, according to energy […]
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