Presidential Candidate Discloses Tehran’s Controversial Contract With China
June 24th, 2024
Via Iran Wire, an article on a controversial Chinese contract with Iran: Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran and a presidential candidate, revealed details of a controversial municipal contract with China during the ongoing election debates This announcement comes despite his previous insistence on the confidentiality and security of the contract, to the extent that […]
Read more »China Moves To Reopen Economic Ties With Libya, 13 Years After Suspending Trade
June 24th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on how Beijing and Tripoli are rebuilding ties after China pulled investors out in 2011: Before the 2011 revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi and led to a bloody civil war in Libya, China had vast interests in the oil-rich North African nation. At the time, 75 Chinese companies controlled 50 large projects […]
Read more »Myanmar Revives Stalled Infrastructure Projects with China and Russia
June 23rd, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Myanmar efforts to revive stalled infrastructure projects with China and Russia: Myanmar’s military regime is breathing new life into major infrastructure projects with China and Russia, courting their support amid a protracted conflict with armed rebels at home. A new committee led by Deputy Electricity Minister Aye Kyaw is […]
Read more »Brazil Joins Race to Loosen China’s Grip on Rare Earths Industry
June 23rd, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on Brazil’s potential to loosen China’s grip on rare earths industry: Mining giant Brazil has big ambitions to build a rare earths industry as Western economies push to secure the metals needed for magnets used in green energy and defence and break China’s dominance of the supply chain. Working to its […]
Read more »The Deadly Mining Complex Powering the EV Revolution
June 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how nickel is pouring into the supply chain from an Indonesian industrial park with a history of fatal accidents: Early in the morning last Christmas Eve, Chinese and Indonesian workers prepared for a maintenance operation at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park. A complex of factories, smelters and power plants on […]
Read more »China’s Sri Lanka Refinery Alarms India
June 21st, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, a look at – in a move that will up alarms in India – China’s giant conglomerate Sinopec is entering Sri Lanka’s energy market with its inaugural overseas refinery at the Chinese-managed Hambantota port. Sri Lanka approved the $4.5 Bn investment in November: Doubtlessly, this strategic move flags Sinopec’s ambition to offset […]
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