BRI, BRICS, & Global South~
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Russia & Iran rail infrastructure plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi have signed an agreement for the construction of a rail line between the Iranian cities of Rasht and Astara. Russia is a full member of BRICS and the SCO, and has been among the top beneficiaries of Chinese development spending under the BRI. Official lending… Continue reading
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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage
Originally posted 21 July 2022 AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE FOR RURAL PROSPERITY The World Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems opened 18 July 2022 in Qingtian County, Zhejiang, China, with the theme of “Agricultural Heritage for Rural Prosperity.” The conference under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was co-hosted by China’s Ministry of… Continue reading
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Brazil top place for China investment
Originally Published2022/09/04 Investment by Chinese companies in Brazil more than tripled in 2021, returning to pre-Covid pandemic levels and making the country the main destination for Chinese capital last year. After a lukewarm performance in 2020, operations such as Tencent’s investments in fintechs and startups such as Nubank, QuintoAndar and Cora, as well as billionaire… Continue reading
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Asia tops world EV battery production
The global electric vehicle (EV) battery market is expected to grow from $17 billion to more than $95 billion between 2019 and 2028. With increasing demand to decarbonize the transportation sector, companies producing the batteries that power EVs have seen substantial momentum. The Elements website has updated its previous graphic of the top 10 EV battery manufacturers, showing the world’s biggest… Continue reading
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Eygpt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar SCO partners
September 14, 2022 Middle East Briefing reports: Egypt and Qatar have been granted Dialogue Partner status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the admission procedure launched in September 2021 at the Dushanbe summit. “On September 14, 2022, in Tashkent, in preparation for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a ceremony of signing memoranda… Continue reading
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Iran plans Tehran to Shanghai railway
September 19, 2022 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 Roads and Urban Development Amin Taraffo has stated. Iran joined the SCO as a… Continue reading
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End of Russian gas no help to EU climate
The EU should have been better prepared for its green energy transition, the Russian president says. The EU’s decision to slash natural gas imports while trying to reach climate goals was a mistake, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday during an environmental forum in Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East. “First, they (EU) jumped ahead, and… Continue reading
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Pakistan demands climate reparations
First world countries are the main polluters, but it’s the poor who foot the bill, the Pakistan climate minister said. Pakistan’s minister for climate change described global warming as “the existential crisis,” adding that Pakistan has contributed less than 1% to greenhouse gas emissions. She also accused the first world countries of breaking their promises… Continue reading
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China to maintain climate change strategy
The English-language website of China News Service reports: – China’s special envoy for climate change, Xie Zhenhua, speaking at an official forum on 30 August in Beijing, that China will maintain its climate change strategy and continue to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. Xie Zhenhua was formerly Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform… Continue reading
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China Policies & Actions on Climate
In November 2019 the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China published a report titled China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change. The stated aim of the report was to help “interested people fully understand China’s policies and actions, and their performance and effects in addressing climate change.” That report… Continue reading
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Thailand & Malaysia: ASEAN rail network
VIENTIANE — Thailand’s Transport Ministry is working with its Malaysian partner to develop a high-speed rail (HSR) network that will connect four member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China, according to a media report. The talks follow on from the outstanding success of China-Laos HSR link began operating the Laos-China… Continue reading
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BRI and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum: 60% trade growth
Editor’s Note (GT): While the global situation has been under the shadow of the pandemic and the geopolitical conflicts, current bilateral relations, trade and investment cooperation between China and Indonesia is bucking the trend, with China consolidating its position as Indonesia’s largest trading partner for nine consecutive years, and bilateral trade volume in 2021 increasing… Continue reading
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Iran joining BRICS ‘will add value’
The 14th BRICS summit took place on 23rd and 24th June 2022 by video conference hosted by China. Iran has applied to become a member of BRICS, and Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the summit. President Raisi gave a speech, elaborating on Iran’s viewpoints on the most… Continue reading
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Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation, not ideological confrontation
The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made steady progress in Latin America during the past three years, which has brought concrete benefits to partner economies with its people centered approach. The growing influence of BRI in Latin America, while the US-led counterweight initiative Growth in the Americas achieved little, showed cooperation and inclusiveness… Continue reading
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Belt and Road – Going Green
China has responded to calls for a more sustainable BRI. As the developing world strives to meet the Paris Agreement target to limit global warming to below 2 degrees C, there is growing pressure on China to play its part in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. This pressure will only grow as China emerges more decisively… Continue reading
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BRI: China to build 1000 schools, 2 solar power plants in war-torn Iraq
Iraq has become the third-biggest Belt and Road Initiative partner in energy engagement, after Russia and Pakistan. Fudan University’s Center for Green Finance and Development in Shanghai reported that in 2021, Iraq received $10.5 billion in investment under the Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. China–Iraq relations have advanced in recent years, but China-Iraq energy cooperation… Continue reading
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China helps put digital television on the air in Timor-Leste
A demonstration project of China-aided terrestrial digital TV transmission system in East Timor (referred to as the “Demonstration Project”), was launched in February 2021. The project is a joint construction under the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Timor-Leste. China and Timor-Leste agreed in 2019 to introduce digital television to Timor-Leste. With the assistance… Continue reading
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The new BRICS alliance: mortal threat to West
A new global reserve currency will undermine US dollar supremacy. China Environment Net comments: The author of the following article correctly describes the changes that are taking place in the global economy as “the biggest that have been seen since 1945. Yet there is very little discussion of it in the Western press or in… Continue reading
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Indonesia champions shift to clean energy
With G20 presidency, country aims to push for more action on climate change Indonesia has flagged its strong commitment to curbing emissions, with its plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuels likely to resonate with fellow members of the G20 group of nations at a summit in Bali where climate action is expected to be… Continue reading
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Timor Leste boosts trade and investment cooperation with China
China and Timor-Leste signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) during the first Belt and Road Forum for international cooperation in March 2017. Bilateral trade doubled in 2021 China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi recently visited the South Pacific Islands, with Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste in East Asia being the last stops on that regional… Continue reading
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Cuba and China discuss trade relations and Maritime Silk Road
Chinese commercial representatives based in Cuba met with the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba (CCC) on 20 July, 2022 in Havana to discuss BRI trade and investment opportunities in the Greater Antilles. ** During the meeting, updated information was provided on Cuba’s participation in the Maritime Silk Road Initiative of the 21st… Continue reading
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China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan BRI rail project – construction to start in 2023
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway, which has been in the planning stage for two decades, has finally received the go-ahead. When completed, the railway will be the shortest route to transport goods from China to Europe and the Middle East, cutting the freight journey by 900 kilometers and saving seven to eight days in shipping time.… Continue reading
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More countries knocking on BRICS’ door: a sign the world needs fairer governance than West-dominated one
The following article is based on an interview with Zhu Tianxiang, director of the Center for BRICS Political and Security Studies at the Institute of BRICS Studies of Sichuan International Studies University. It was first published in the Chinese newspaper the Global Times on July 16, 2022. BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and… Continue reading
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Cuba and China will continue working together as close fraternal peoples
Source: Cuban National Assembly, 16/07/2022. China and Cuba have agreed to continue working together, close fraternal friends, in strengthening bilateral and inter-parliamentary relations, and in regional and international forums. During a fraternal and fruitful virtual meeting between Yolanda Ferrer Gómez, president of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People’s Power, and Zhang… Continue reading
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Papua New Guinea: China builds major BRI hydro-power project
The Ramu 2 Hydro-power Project will provide 183 MW of electricity to Papua New Guinea. It is being constructed in Ramu river basin in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The Ramu 2 Hydropower Project is the second the largest power infrastructure project to be undertaken in Papua New Guinea (the Karimui project in Simbu Province… Continue reading
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Montenegro opens Chinese-built priority section of Bar–Boljare Highway
Montenegro’s Chinese-built priority section of the Bar–Boljare Highway was ceremonially opened on Wednesday’s (13 July 2022) Statehood Day celebration near the capital of Podgorica. The Bar–Boljare Highway will connect Montenegro’s more developed south with its underdeveloped north, and forms part of the envisioned Corridor XI linking Montenegro with Italy, Serbia, and Romania. A public call… Continue reading
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Close cooperation between China and Greece under BRI
Greece was the first EU member to join the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2018. Under the BRI framework, the two countries have witnessed close cooperation in a range of fields which have yielded benefits for both countries. It’s noteworthy that China’s imports from Greece have increased rapidly in recent years, reaching nearly… Continue reading
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China and Malaysia agree to expand ‘high quality’ BRI and implement Global Development Initiative
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Xinhua) — Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that China and Malaysia have reached a five-point consensus on further developing their relations. At a joint press conference with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah after their meeting, Wang said China-Malaysia ties are witnessing new opportunities… Continue reading
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Australian experts weigh in on Belt and Road Initiative’s role
Source: China Daily, 2022-07-07. Daryl Guppy, President of the Australia China Business Council’s Northern Territory sub-council said that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major contributor to economic growth in areas that have been ignored by other development programs. Mr Guppy said he believes the BRI has four dimensions of benefit to boost… Continue reading
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Chinese-constructed mega railway in Malaysia 30% completed
Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is a key venture of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Malaysia. The project is primarily funded by a loan from China’s state-owned Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. Given Malaysia’s close economic relationship with China, which is its largest trade partner, the country has appeared as a BRI focal point. The… Continue reading
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Laos-Vietnam Railway Project considered
A Laos–Vietnam Railway Project (LVRP) is being considered, which would link the railways of the two socialist nations with rail system of socialist China. The LVRO would extend Laos’s recently completed railway to Kunming, China some 330km to the border trading city of Thakhek, and then a further 140km to the Vietnamese port of Vung… Continue reading
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China proposes 6 programs with Mekong-basin countries
China on Monday 4 July 2022 proposed six programs which will benefit the Lancang-Mekong countries aside from China, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, including cooperation plans in agriculture, water resources, digital economy, aerospace, education, and public health, as Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting… Continue reading
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China’s Belt & Road Initiative, the BRICS New Development Bank, and the failure of the G7 to deliver
𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Two of the BRICS member states were invited to the G7 summit as guests. What does in mean for our interests? Does it mean that the West is beginning to acknowledge BRICS, or was it done to counteract the famous Chinese strategy, Belt and Road?… Continue reading
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South-South cooperation: China helps 38 developing countries vulnerable to climate change to face challenges of green transition
China takes concrete action to tackle global warming through cooperation. The past two months have seen China taking a series of concrete actions to enhance South-South climate cooperation, namely projects among developing nations. Small island states, which are particularly vulnerable to global warming, are among China’s major concerns. China has reached 43 agreements with 38… Continue reading
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BRICS to expand green energy, digital cooperation in bid to boost sustainable development
Closer ties among developing nations help tackle global issues: expert BRICS countries will strengthen cooperation in a wide range of fields, including the digital economy, energy and the green economy, according to the BRICS Summit Beijing Declaration released on 23 June 2022, which reaffirmed the commitment to tackling climate change and fostering sustainable growth. In… Continue reading
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