Myanmar’s Depleted Oil Pipeline
August 4th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a report on a cross-border energy project dealing with the impact of two conflicts: An oil pipeline carrying imported crude from Myanmar to China is facing a two-front crisis: armed conflict at home and a maritime blockade overseas. The pipeline is connected to a crude oil terminal built to accommodate large tankers transporting fuel […]
Read more »Can China Protect Its Red Sea Investments Without Taking Sides?
July 31st, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – from Port Sudan to Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone – Beijing’s expanding footprint is reshaping one of the world’s most strategic maritime corridors. But analysts say its growing economic clout is making political neutrality increasingly difficult to sustain. Few waterways are as strategically important or as […]
Read more »China’s Next South Asian Corridor May Begin in Bangladesh
July 29th, 2026
Via the Lowy Institute, a look at Beijing’s plans for an economic link from Yunnan via Myanmar to Bangladesh – leaving the door ajar for India to join later. China has revived an old South Asian regional connectivity idea, but with a different starting point. During Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Beijing in […]
Read more »Türkiye–PRC Railway Partnership Bolsters Middle Corridor
July 26th, 2026
Via Jamestown, a look at how Türkiye and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are working to improve transportation logistics and infrastructure to advance trans-Eurasian trade and connectivity through the Middle Corridor and the One Belt, One Road initiative: Türkiye and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are working to improve transportation logistics and infrastructure […]
Read more »China Makes Its Move in Bangladesh
July 1st, 2026
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at how Chinese investment promises could strengthen Beijing’s position on the Bay of Bengal, but it may not buy the political influence China ultimately seeks: Tarique Rahman, who became Bangladesh’s prime minister in February, was in Beijing last week meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Bangladesh has historically been so […]
Read more »Chinese Businesses Hawking North Korean Labor
June 9th, 2026
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report that – on social media – Chinese entrepreneurs are touting cheap labor across the border, as trade between the two countries regains momentum: Quick deliveries of large orders for stuffed toys, fake eyelashes and crocheted bags that are made with cheap labor, including some workers who are […]
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