Marcos Jr: In Desperate Need of China’s Belt and Road?
January 3rd, 2023
Via Asia Times, an article on the Philippine leader’s trip to Beijing hat in hand with major infrastructure deficiencies and failings at home: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s maiden visit to China, the leader’s first major foreign trip scheduled for January 3-5, comes in the wake of a pressing infrastructure crisis at home. Over the weekend, […]
Read more »China’s Growing Stake in World Ports Sharpens Attention on Political Influence
December 30th, 2022
Via Newsweek, an article on China’s growing influence on world trade and global ports: Inching up the Elbe river to the German port of Hamburg in early September, colorful containers stacked on deck like outsized pieces of Lego, the Libra looked like any other massive vessel plying the world’s oceans. Yet she was more than […]
Read more »Gwadar Protest Leader Warns Chinese To Leave Key Belt and Road Port
December 24th, 2022
Via NikkeiAsia, a report on how the Pakistani government faces increasingly confrontational local rights movement to China’s BRI investment: A protest leader in the Pakistani port town of Gwadar, a key hub for China’s Belt and Road Initiative, has warned Chinese citizens to leave by Thursday — turning up the heat on a federal government already […]
Read more »US Must ‘Play Catch-Up’ To China’s Investment In Africa
December 23rd, 2022
Via the South China Morning Post, an article on the growing US/China investment “race” in Africa: The US is “having to play catch-up” against China when it comes to investment in Africa, an official in President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday, just ahead of a high-profile gathering of African leaders in Washington. American companies considering Africa […]
Read more »Combating Chinese Dual-Use Infrastructure: Bringing In the Private Sector
December 23rd, 2022
Via the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), commentary on the role of the private sector in US efforts to counter China’s global infrastructure infuence: The United States has historically enjoyed immense strategic advantages in the Western Hemisphere. The mostly democratic character of the region; the deeply embedded cultural, linguistic, geographic, and historical links; […]
Read more »Tanzania Signs $2.2bln Railway Deal With China
December 23rd, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on Tanzania’s recent $2.2bln railway deal with China: Tanzania on Tuesday signed a $2.2-billion contract with a Chinese company to build the final section of a railway line aimed at linking the country’s main port with its neighbours. The 2,561-kilometre (1,600-mile) line will link the Indian Ocean port of Dar es […]
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