China’s Digital Silk Road Exports Internet Technology, Controls
June 14th, 2024
Via VOA, a report on China’s Digital Silk Road: A Chinese initiative known as the “Digital Silk Road” is helping Southeast Asian nations modernize their digital landscapes. But rights groups say Beijing is also exporting its model of authoritarian governance of the internet through censorship, surveillance and controls. China’s state media recently announced Chinese electrical […]
Read more »Libya-China Economic Forum Planned in Tripoli
June 14th, 2024
Via Nova News, an article on a planned economic forum between Libya and China: The Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GUN) of Libya, Mohamed al Hawaii, met with members of the Board of Directors of the Libyan-Chinese Joint Economic Chamber to discuss, among other things, a Libyan-Chinese economic forum in […]
Read more »Chinese Travel: All Roads Lead To Middle East
June 14th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on how – as travel picks up again in the post-pandemic era – more Chinese tourists are abandoning Western destinations: When Ian Sun finally began travelling again earlier this year, the Shanghainese abandoned his original plan to visit Europe, instead opting to fly to Egypt. Despite spending three years […]
Read more »China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Reportedly To Invest $375M In Egypt
June 14th, 2024
Via Zawya, a report on Chinese plans to invest in Egyptian ports: China’s COSCO Shipping Ports is planning to invest $375 million in Egyptian ports during 2024, including Ain Sokhna port, the company’s Chief Accountant Zhao Fengnian said, according to Asharq Business. The new investments aim to increase the capacity of COSCO’s containers across different […]
Read more »China: Back To Africa and Doubling Down On Minerals
June 13th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on how Chinese leaders are citing the billions of dollars for new construction and record two-way trade as evidence of their “win-win” commitment to supporting the continent’s modernisation through the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s flagship economic cooperation program is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa […]
Read more »How Indonesia Used Chinese Industrial Investments to Turn Nickel into the New Gold
June 13th, 2024
Via the Carnegie Endowment, a report on how China’s Belt and Road Initiative helped build an industrial complex in Indonesia—but contestations at the local and national levels compelled Chinese players to adapt to rapidly shifting Indonesian cross-currents. Summary The Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi is one of the largest Chinese investments in Indonesia, […]
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