Algeria and China: Expand Tech Ties and Build On BRI Relationship
July 25th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, a report on recent meetings between Algeria’s President and China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing to expand tech ties and build on their belt-and-road relationship: Abdelmadjid Tebboune talks with the Chinese president following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia last month China has had a heavy presence in Algeria’s infrastructure […]
Read more »Gulf – Central Asia Summit and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
July 21st, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the upcoming Gulf – Central Asia Summit and its connections with China’s BRI, which provide an important opportunity for China to connect Central Asia all through a large and wide network of roads and lines, such as: the highway crossing the Tianshan Mountains that connects China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and […]
Read more »Angolan Airport Set to Become Symbol of BRI
July 20th, 2023
Via China Daily News, a report on China’s support of Angola’s aviation industry: Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nation’s leading aircraft maker that has sold many jets and helicopters to Africa, is helping an African nation build one of the largest airports on the continent. The Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport in Luanda, […]
Read more »China Woos Papua New Guinea with Free Trade Push
July 18th, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on how Beijing is leveraging Papua New Guinea’s frustrations over economic ties with U.S., Australia: China is bolstering economic ties with Papua New Guinea as the Pacific nation seeks to expand trade with the world’s second-largest economy even while deepening military cooperation with the U.S. The state-owned Bank of […]
Read more »China’s Transition From the Belt and Road to the Global Development Initiative
July 15th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at China’s transition from the Belt and Road to the Global Development Initiative: Even as China’s Belt and Road Initiative gears up to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it is fading from prominence. In its place is the new Global Development Initiative (GDI). Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the concept […]
Read more »Ten Years On, China’s Belt and Road Initiative Rolls On – But Faces Hurdles
July 13th, 2023
Via Asia Global Online, a look at China’s BRI, ten (10) years on: A decade after its rollout, China’s Belt and Road Initiative continues, though it has hit obstacles along the way – the pandemic, the Ukraine war, and criticism about governance, transparency and debt incurred by host countries. Fithra Faisal Hastiadi of Universitas Indonesia, […]
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