China Wants Its Investments in Afghanistan to Be Safer Than in Pakistan
May 3rd, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how Beijing could profit handsomely from Afghan resources and exports, but new ventures risk exposing Chinese nationals to violence: Kabul is awash with Chinese businessmen. Walk out of Kabul International Airport, and you are greeted by a big billboard advertising Chinatown, a housing and business compound in the city that […]
Read more »Middle Corridor: Potential Alternative to Russian Railways?
April 25th, 2022
Via Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Middle Corridor as a potential alternative to Russian transit: The Russo-Ukrainian war has cast doubt on the sustainability of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) “Northern Corridor” because of mounting Western sanctions on this overland route’s key links—Russia and Belarus (see EDM, April 8, 18). The growing vulnerability of […]
Read more »Timor-Leste Election Opens New Door To China
April 20th, 2022
Via The Asia Times, a report on recent elections in Timor Leste and the potential for it to turn to China for significant investment: Timor-Leste’s relations with China could once again come under the spotlight as former Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta looks set to retake the presidency following a second-round vote on Tuesday. […]
Read more »China’s Inadvertent Empire: Sinostan
April 19th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s rise in Central Asia: In “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire,” Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen take readers into the heart of Eurasia for insight into Beijing’s rise. Over a decade of travel, research, and writing went into the book, which charts the growth of Chinese power and presence in […]
Read more »BRI: A Look Back and Ahead
April 17th, 2022
Via GIS Reports, a look at how China’s Belt and Road Initiative is faring: With its Maritime Silk Road, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has moved far beyond Eurasia and its original aims of creating a New Silk Road project. The geographical scale has expanded to more than 140 countries, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia […]
Read more »The Chinese Companies Trying To Buy Strategic Islands
April 15th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the small businesses from China which are scouring the globe for important strips of land: Three years ago, Xu Changyu made his first attempt to get his hands on an island in the South Pacific. The vice-president of China Sam Enterprise Group quietly negotiated a 75-year lease […]
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