Syria Joins China’s Belt And Road Initiative
January 28th, 2022
Via Silk Road Briefing, a report on Syria’s decision to join China’s BRI: Syria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the country is seeking post-war reconstruction. The signing took place at Syria’s Planning and International Cooperation Commission in Damascus and was attended by Fadi Khalil, the head […]
Read more »How Argentina Pushed Chinese Investors to Help Revitalize Its Energy Grid
December 23rd, 2021
Via the Carnegie Endowment, a report on Argentina and Chinese investment: China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local […]
Read more »New China-Backed ‘Green’ Industrial Zone On Borneo
December 22nd, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, an article on a new China-backed ‘green’ industrial zone On Borneo: Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo broke ground Tuesday on a U.S. $132-billion “green” industrial estate on Borneo to be built with investments from China and the United Arab Emirates and electrified by a Chinese-funded hydropower plant. When finished the 30,000-hectare (116-square-mile) industrial […]
Read more »Belt and Road: How Laos Exemplifies Preconditions for Global Success
December 21st, 2021
Via New Eastern Outlook, a report on Laos’ results from BRI investments: More than eight years ago, in September 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the launch of China’s global transport initiative, One Belt One Road (OBOR). The project implies the unification of all major world transport routes into a single system and removing all […]
Read more »China’s Investment Drive and Africa’s Disjointed Infrastructure
December 21st, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on some of the disjointed infrastructure projects taken up on the African continent by Chinese firms: At Alagomeji, a suburb in Lagos, there is a towering new building housing the Lagos-Ibadan train project. This building is perhaps the most visible testament to the much touted and very aggressive China-Nigeria relationship. […]
Read more »Gwadar Protests Highlight CPEC’s Achilles’ Heel
December 12th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, a report on what is now six years of disappointment and resentment on the part of locals who have seen no benefit from the Chinese investment project: Following the announcement of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2015, Gwadar has been showcased in Pakistan’s mainstream media as the gateway to a new […]
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