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China proposes 6 programs with Mekong-basin countries

July 5, 2022 CEN_com 0

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 (LMC) in Bagan, Myanmar. The meeting came after the US’ high-profile launch of the Indo-Pacific […]

China’s Belt & Road Initiative, the BRICS New Development Bank, and the failure of the G7 to deliver

July 4, 2022 CEN_com 0

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? 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮: It is a complex question. I think it is necessary to break down […]

China at the centre of the world’s politics

July 3, 2022 CEN_com 0

The following is reproduced from Think China, 29 Jun 2022. The views expressed are those of the author. Former Singaporean journalist Goh Choon Kang observes that whether it is the discussions at the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue or the larger machinations of geopolitics, it cannot be denied that having China in the picture changes many things, and perhaps even provides countries with more strategic options. After a two-year hiatus due […]

Chinese energy giant PetroChina considers selling its Western holdings

June 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

PetroChina may withdraw from Australian and Canadian projects, according to reports in Reuters. PetroChina may sell its stakes in natural gas projects in Australia and oil sands in Canada, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing its sources. The Chinese company reportedly wants to cut its losses and divert funds to sites in the Middle East, Africa, and central Asia. This follows a similar strategic shift by another Chinese energy major, China […]

China completes construction of Zimbabwe’s new parliament building

June 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

Source: Xinhua, 2022-06-30. Gretinah Machingura, Tafara Mugwara Zimbabwe’s new parliament building, constructed and fully funded by China as a gift to the southern African country, is now complete and ready for occupation. It took 42 months to complete the project, instead of the original 32-month timeframe due to COVID-19 disruptions. Construction began in November 2018. Sitting on the historical Mount Hampden Hill, about 18 km northwest of Harare, the […]

The West sabotages Bonn climate talks – Global South betrayed yet again on ‘historical responsibility’

June 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

Let us not forget that global climate change is a problem largely created by the West through its carbon-intensivbe industrialisation over the past two centuries. At a time when the collective West is channeling hundreds of billions of dollars into Europe to prolong a futile war, it has once again done everything it can to back off from its commitments to the developing world to deliver $300 billion a year […]

China draws on markets for $10 billion to strengthen its clean tech supremacy

June 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

Three Chinese electric vehicle battery and material companies are tapping investors for more than $10bn in new funding as the country cements its dominance over global clean tech supply chains. The combined fundraising by the three Chinese groups — CATL, Tianqi Lithium and Huayou Cobalt — eclipsed the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by Washington and US allies including Australia and South Korea to chip away at China’s […]

Argentina and Iran to join BRICS

June 28, 2022 CEN_com 0

Iran and Argentina seek to join the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa economic bloc known as BRICS. In 2022 the GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of the 5 existing members of BRICS is greater than that of the G7 bloc. Argentina has applied to join BRICS. President Alberto Fernandez on Friday urged the creation of cooperation mechanisms that could represent the alternative to ostensibly private institutions run by – and in the interest […]

Is the West finally realizing that Russia will win the war in Ukraine?

June 24, 2022 CEN_com 0

Source: Monthly Review Online, June 23, 2022. https://mronline.org/2022/06/23/is-the-west-finally-realizing-that-russia-will-win-the-war-in-ukraine/ This article is one in a series of articles written by Mark Rolofson covering the US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. While this civil war in Ukraine actually began 8 years ago in 2014, the Western media narrative has portrayed this conflict as an unprovoked invasion by Russia that began on February 24, 2022. The 8 year civil war in the Donbass […]

The United States – the Pacific bully

June 24, 2022 CEN_com 0

By Brian Toohey, June 24, 2022. Pearls and Irritations: https://johnmenadue.com/the-united-states-the-pacific-bully/ The US conducted 105 nuclear tests in the Pacific, mainly in the Marshall islands, between 1946 and 1962. Image: Wikipedia The US dominates the Pacific Islands to an extent China can never hope to achieve. With Australia’s support, the US is now engaged in an arms build-up in its Pacific territories and de-facto colonies in a little known boost to its […]