New China-Myanmar Corridor Creating Economic Opportunities
September 16th, 2021
Via China.org, a report on the new China-Myanmar corridor: At the end of August, the first batch of cargo arrived in China’s Sichuan province via the new China-Myanmar corridor. The goods started out in the Port of Singapore from where they were shipped through the Indian Ocean to Yangon, before being transported on to China […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan & China Increasing their Economic Integration as Part of Belt & Road
September 16th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an article on the growing economic partnership between China and Kyrgyzstan: Long isolated culturally and linguistically from each other, Kyrgyzstan and China are now increasing their economic integration as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The economic presence of Chinese investors has triggered Sinophobic attitudes among the people of Kyrgyzstan. […]
Read more »Reliance Jio’s Cheap Data Turned India’s Internet Dreams Into Reality
September 11th, 2021
Via Quartz, an article on how Reliance Jio’s cheap data turned India’s internet dreams into reality: In 2015, not long after India first got high-speed 4G internet, the cost of 1GB of mobile data in India was 225 rupees ($3). But just over five years later, the industry has witnessed a remarkable decline in pricing that helped truly […]
Read more »Has China’s Promise To Develop Venezuela’s Mines Gone Unfulfilled?
September 11th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an article on China’s promise to develop Venezuela’s mines: At the turn of the century, China and Venezuela signed several agreements worth millions of dollars for the development of the Venezuelan mining sector, which both countries promoted as an alternative to Caracas’ over-reliance on oil. Expectations were high. Yet years later, […]
Read more »China’s Gas Shortage Boosts Central Asia’s Role
September 11th, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, an article on how Central Asia producers may help solve China’s gas shortage: China’s growing demand for natural gas has been driving closer engagement with Turkmenistan, renewing questions about Russia’s role in Central Asia, once regarded as Moscow’s backyard. Soaring gas prices appear to be the main motivator behind China’s agreement to […]
Read more »Business as Usual: Chinese Investments After the Myanmar Coup
September 10th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on Chinese investments in Myanmar which – paradoxically – involves collaboration with the Myanmar military which could mean more instability in the long run: Since the coup in Myanmar on February 1, some foreign investors have pulled out, suspended, or scaled down their businesses in the country. Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), however, […]
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