China In limbo Over Importing Middle East Oil Overland Through Pakistan
November 4th, 2023
Via The China Project, a look at how ongoing violence in Balochistan and Xi Jinping’s shifting Belt and Road priorities may end Pakistan and China’s pipeline dreams: If China wants to move Middle Eastern oil and gas overland to Xinjiang, it must dredge the port at Gwadar, build a refinery there, then construct a high-altitude […]
Read more »Lithium Lifts China’s Emerging Market Mining Ties
November 4th, 2023
Via ECNS.cn, a look at how cooperation between China and Latin America is expected to deepen around lithium: Cooperation between China and Latin American countries and regions in mining is expected to deepen with lithium mining becoming a new focal point, experts said. This will likely lead to closer collaboration and synergies between mining companies […]
Read more »China to Invest $2.8 Billion in Zimbabwe in Lithium, Energy
November 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on China’s plans to invest $2.8B in Zimbabwe’s lithium and energy space: UAE is closest rival with $498.5 million investmnet planned Moere than two thirds of investment licenses go to China firms Chinese companies were awarded licenses in the third quarter that could see $2.79 billion of investment flow into […]
Read more »Are Chinese Battery Companies the Next Huawei?
October 31st, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how electric cars, charging networks, and batteries made in China come with critical security threats: The Biden administration wants half of all new cars sold in the United States to be electric by 2030. Meanwhile, the European Union has taken even bolder steps, mandating that all new cars and […]
Read more »China: ‘Building’ Diplomacy In Africa
October 30th, 2023
Via NewsCentral Africa, a report that Zimbabwe has received its $100 Million Parliament building donation from China: The government of China handed over a new $100 million parliament building to Zimbabwe on Thursday, said to have been constructed and funded by China through a grant. The new parliament building, which stands gallantly on the outskirts […]
Read more »Myanmar’s Kyaukpyu Port
October 30th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at if and how Kyaukpyu Port will take its place among other Belt and Road megaprojects like Gwadar and Hambantota: SUMMARY Kyaukpyu is a small fishing village of some 50,000 people located in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. This sleepy hamlet is where China wants to establish the next maritime hub of […]
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