China – Turkmen Energy Deal
March 5th, 2011
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of issues surrounding negotiations between Turkmenistan and China over an expanded natural gas supply and loan agreement. As the article notes: “…Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov said March 3 that Turkmenistan and China are still negotiating an expansion of a natural gas supply and loan agreement. This […]
Read more »Kazakhstan Embraces Chinese Investment
February 26th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, a look at the expanding relationship between China and Kazakhstan: “…Kazakhstan announced billions of dollars in deals with China on Tuesday, underlining central Asia’s gradual shift away from Moscow and towards Beijing. Meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao signed a series […]
Read more »China And Mongolia: An Uneasy Relationship
February 13th, 2011
Via The East Asia Forum, a report on the uneasy economic relationship between China and Mongolia. As the article notes: “…The investment and trading relationships between China and Mongolia seems like a marriage made in heaven. Landlocked and poverty-stricken, Mongolia has an abundance of coal, copper and iron ore that China craves to feed its […]
Read more »China, Inc.: The Newest Big Oil Company
January 7th, 2011
Via Fortune, a report on increasing size and impact of China’s NOCs: “…You know the major players in big oil — Shell (RDSA), Exxon Mobil (XOM, Fortune 500), BP (BP), Chevron (CVX, Fortune 500) and a handful of other fuel goliaths. Soon though, it might be time to add China to that list. The country’s […]
Read more »Russia: China Pipeline Is Good Politics But Not Necessarily Good Business
January 6th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times and Energy Daily, news that Russia’s plan to reorient its energy trade towards the east has taken a leap forward with the start of oil exports through a new pipeline to China. As the articles note: “…The pipeline, running from Skovorodino in east Siberia to Daqing in north China, is […]
Read more »China’s Investment Appetite Turns Towards The Muslim World
December 27th, 2010
Via Fast Company, an article on a $4.5 million investment in Jordan that is only the latest of China’s “development” deals. “…China is ramping up its investments in–and friendliness with–the Muslim world, and a $4.5 million investment in development projects in Jordan, announced over the weekend, is the latest addition to that effort. This week […]
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