Taliban In ‘No Hurry’ To Agree $10B Lithium Deal With China
May 2nd, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on Afghanistan’s response to China’s interest in its lithium: The Taliban said on Monday they were not in a hurry to give China access to Afghanistan’s lithium reserves, despite an offer to pay for access to the rich deposits of the metal. Afghanistan has abundant mineral riches, which also […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: What Went Wrong?
May 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Pakistan’s economic crisis: In March-April, the Pakistan government set up distribution sites across the country to provide sasta aur muft aata (low-cost and free flour) to people to ease their burden amid spiraling prices and the ongoing economic crisis in the country. But instead of doing good, the […]
Read more »Ghana’s Bauxite Boom
April 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a slightly dated look at how Chinese investment has led to a crush of infrastructure development in Ghana’s tropical forests—and not everyone is happy about it: em>For centuries, the people of Kyekyewere, a tiny town nestled in a forest in the Ashanti region of Ghana, got their drinking water from a […]
Read more »Two Major Chinese Companies Plan To Invest In Iran’s Khuzestan
April 30th, 2023
Via Iran Front Page News, a report on planned new Chinese investment in Iran: Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua says two major Chinese companies plan to invest in Khuzestan, in Iran’s oil-rich southwest. During a meeting with Khuzestan’s governor-general on Sunday, Hua said other Chinese companies could also come forward with any investment plans […]
Read more »China’s Latin American Gold Rush Is All About Clean Energy
April 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on China’s Latin American “gold rush”: A new gold rush is underway in Latin America—only this time around, the bounty is white. With its sprawling salt flats, the region is rich with a new ore—lithium—and everyone from Germany to China is clambering to get in on the race. White […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Begins Exporting Gas To Pakistan Via Afghanistan By Truck
April 30th, 2023
Via Afghanistan’s ATN News, a TAPI’ed thatTurkmenistan has begun exporting gas to Pakistan via Afghanistan: Local authorities in Kandahar province say an international company has officially started exporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan through Afghanistan. The Chamber of Commerce and Investment says that the route overland through Afghanistan is a lot shorter than the […]
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