BRI: What’s Holding Up The Trains From Pakistan To Turkey Via Iran?
January 27th, 2021
Via the South China Morning Post, commentary on how – while Iran Pakistan, and Turkey have announced that the rail project will be revived this year – it must still overcome infrastructural hurdles before it can kick-start important rail routes under China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Recently, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan announced they would revive […]
Read more »China’s Role in Switching Off The Lights In Pakistan
January 25th, 2021
Via The Asia Times, an article on how China has invested billions in Pakistan power but tainted deals have contributed to recent nationwide blackouts with more likely to come: A nationwide power outage on January 10 in Pakistan came at a dark financial moment for its indebted and corrupted power sector, raising the prospect of […]
Read more »China and Pakistan Fall Out Over Belt and Road Framework
January 22nd, 2021
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how the deadlock over interest rates for major rail project stalls the annual China/Pakistan annual summit: China and Pakistan are embroiled in their most serious disagreement relating to the Belt and Road Initiative, causing the annual bilateral summit of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to be delayed. The Joint […]
Read more »Pakistan-Russia To Build 1,100 KM Gas Pipeline
January 9th, 2021
Via Gulf News, a report on Pakistani and Russian plans to build 1,100-kilometre gas pipeline in summer 2021: Pakistan will start building a 1,100 kilometer pipeline in July with Russia that will allow it to operate more liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. Pakistan will have a majority share of 51-74 per cent in the project, while Russia […]
Read more »China Slowly Retreating From Pakistan’s Belt and Road
December 26th, 2020
Via Asia Times, a look at how Beijing is backing away from its initial $60 billion commitment to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project: Pakistan’s army is set to take near-total control of the Beijing-financed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a US$60 billion infrastructure building plan replete with railways, roads, ports and special economic zones (SEZs) that is […]
Read more »India Gaining Foothold In Central Asia As Iran’s Chabahar Port Attracts New Foreign Partners
December 14th, 2020
Via Eurasian Times, an article on the Chabahar Port which is close to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port that is being developed by China as part of its China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which links it to the Indian Ocean through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Chabahar port is back in the news as India, Uzbekistan, and Iran are […]
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