Iran plans direct railway link to Shanghai

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Published 2022/10/06 Middle East Briefing reports: Iran is seeking to launch a direct train route to China within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Director General of Commercialization and Associations Affairs Bureau at the Iran Ministry of […]

Criticisms of BRI: A Middle East view

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Criticisms of BRI are ‘absurd, malign and unfair mischaracterisations’ Published 2022/06/10 Contrary to Western view, the Belt and Road Initiative is not some form of Chinese “offensive”, much less an insidious instrument of Chinese expansionism. In the following article, Sholto […]

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China to establish national park at Qinghai Lake, Tibet

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Qinghai (青海), which literally means ‘blue sea’, is an inland province in central west China, adjacent to Xinjiang, Tibet, Sichuan, and Gansu. It is famed for its spectacular scenery, multi-ethnic minority culture, and rich Buddhist heritage throughout the region. China has nominated Qinghai Lake for […]

BRI criticisms nothing more than Chinese whispers

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Doubts regarding the Belt and Road Initiative are both counterfactual and counterproductive Published 2022/06/10 Sholto Byrnes writing in the United Arab Emirates newspaper The National looks at at the nature of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), revisiting an August 2020 […]

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LNG plant blast cripples US gas exports

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An explosion in the US state of Texas has knocked out 20% of USA’s l;iquified natural gas (LNG) export capacity for weeks. One of the largest US plants producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export has been damaged by an explosion […]

Water imbalance in Third Pole

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Water imbalance in Third Pole to pose “great challenge to water resources in downstream regions” – scientists Published 2022/06/09 Rapid climate warming has caused water imbalances in the Third Pole region, leading to greater water demand in densely populated downstream […]

Chinese farmers growing salt-tolerant wheat

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Farmers in China have harvested salt-tolerant wheat in fields previously barren Published 2022/06/08 Varieties of salt-tolerant wheat have been specifically designed to grow in saline and alkali soils, as soluble salts such as sodium, calcium affect crops output. Scientists from […]