CPEC In The Shadow Of Balochistan’s Insurgency
August 10th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the persistent security issues that overhang CPEC’s success: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative aims to link China and Pakistan by oil and gas pipelines, railroads, and an optical fibre link that runs from Gwadar to Xinjiang. The project, which is the largest endeavour in China and Pakistan’s bilateral relations, […]
Read more »China’s Digital Diplomacy: Beaming Into Africa With Satellite TV
August 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Wire China, an interesting look at StarTimes, a Chinese-owned satellite TV company, which has 25M subscribers and is now Africa’s second-largest satellite TV service after South Africa’s MultiChoice: Visitors to the Mozambique town of Marracuene in southeastern Africa will notice two logos on the satellite dishes attached to local buildings: the first […]
Read more »China Boosts BRI Talks With Indonesia, Guyana and Georgia
August 8th, 2023
Via the South China Morning Post, a report on China’s outreach to Indonesia, Guyana, and Georgia: The global infrastructure strategy is Chinese president’s main talking point during meetings with Joko Widodo, Irfaan Ali and Irakli Garibashvili Xi also discusses the plan with leaders of Mauritania and Burundi on sidelines of World University Games in Chengdu […]
Read more »China’s Big Gamble in Pakistan: A 10-year Scorecard for CPEC
August 8th, 2023
Via the Lowy Institute, a review of China’s BRI engagement with Pakistan: A flagship for China’s much-vaunted Belt and Road Initiative, the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been underway for a decade. Signed by Pakistan’s then prime minister Nawaz Sharif following a July 2013 meeting in Beijing with China’s President Xi Jinping, the two leaders pledged the now all-too-familiar homilies […]
Read more »China’s Global Economic ‘Island Hopping’ Strategy
August 4th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy Research Institute, commentary on China’s use of economic inducements and threats to forge relationships with island states across the Indian Ocean, Caribbean, and the South Pacific: BOTTOM LINE China employs similar tactics—economic inducements and threats, as well as the occasional bribe—to forge relationships with island states across the Indian Ocean, Caribbean, and […]
Read more »Afghanistan in China’s Grand Strategy
August 4th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how China’s active engagement in the country’s affairs is driven by Afghanistan’s strategic position at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, coupled with its abundant natural resources: China’s grand strategy encompasses several goals, including safeguarding its economic interests, expanding global influence, and ensuring stability within its borders and periphery. […]
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