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According to the NYT Dec 26, 2008, “The Piracy Reporting Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, said Friday that 110 ships have been attacked in the gulf [of Aden] this year, and 42 have been hijacked. Fourteen ships are still being held for ransom.” This is part of the reason that China is sending warships to [...]
Five Chinese enterprises that are currently participating in the 5th China Products Fair in Jordan have expressed interest in investing in product in the country. The economic and commercial counselor at China’s embassy in Jordan, Ma Jianchun, has says that Jordan is included in their plan to reach out to other strategic markets around the [...]
Following up on our recent posting re: The China Railway Construction Corporation which has begun a $1.7 billion, or 2.2 billion dinars, railroad project in Libya, there are other international companies involved. One is an unnamed Russian company.
Lately, China “has been aggressively seeking trade and investment ties with a number of African countries in [...]
China Railway Construction Corp has begun building a $1.7 billion railway project in Libya, according to the Libyan state media, November 27th. The railway will be 453 kilometers long, and is to connect Tripoli with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s costal home of Sirte, while also linking Libya’s factories and plants to its ports.
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Jordan and China have signed two nuclear agreements. One will allow Jordan to get a Chinese non-critical training system, according to Khaled Touqan, President of the Jordan Nuclear Energy Commission. The system would be designed and built in coordination between the Chinese Atomic Energy Corporation and the Jordan University for Science and Technology, where it [...]
Melamine-contaminated sweeteners and drinks have been withdrawn from Yemeni markets following scandals that Chinese milk products have been contaminated with toxic chemicals. Regardless, however, these products still exist in high quantities throughout the country, many people having purchased large quantities of the goods to store, prior to becoming aware of the contamination. Adding to the [...]
Iran is in talks with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) and India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) concerning oil and gas development in the Caspian Sea. Though nothing has been finalized, Tehran already has a memorandum of agreement with Beijing to store strategic reserves in China. Iran currently produces oil below industry standards [...]
