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Chinese fishing plant in Torres Strait raises alarm for Australian industry and islanders
“Under the influence of China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ policy, Fujian Zhonghong Fishery Company decided to invest in Papua New Guinean (PNG) and signed the memorandum of understanding with PNG’s fisheries minister, Lino Tom.
A $200m Chinese-built fishery plant planned for a Papua New Guinean island could allow Chinese-backed commercial vessels to fish legally in the Torres Strait, and has raised concerns about unregulated fishing in the same waters, potentially threatening the Australian industry and local PNG fishers.
This deal could allow Chinese-backed commercial vessels to fish legally in the Torres Strait, and attract Chinese funding for PNG-flagged vessels.
In August 2020, nearly 300 Chinese vessels logged 73,000 hours of fishing in a month, hauling in thousands of tonnes of squid and fish.
Source: The Guardian #Nov26
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/chinese-fishing-plant-in-torres-strait-raises-alarm-for-australian-industry-and-islanders?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Australia #BRI #PNG #Fishing #China
“Under the influence of China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ policy, Fujian Zhonghong Fishery Company decided to invest in Papua New Guinean (PNG) and signed the memorandum of understanding with PNG’s fisheries minister, Lino Tom.
A $200m Chinese-built fishery plant planned for a Papua New Guinean island could allow Chinese-backed commercial vessels to fish legally in the Torres Strait, and has raised concerns about unregulated fishing in the same waters, potentially threatening the Australian industry and local PNG fishers.
This deal could allow Chinese-backed commercial vessels to fish legally in the Torres Strait, and attract Chinese funding for PNG-flagged vessels.
In August 2020, nearly 300 Chinese vessels logged 73,000 hours of fishing in a month, hauling in thousands of tonnes of squid and fish.
Source: The Guardian #Nov26
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/chinese-fishing-plant-in-torres-strait-raises-alarm-for-australian-industry-and-islanders?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Australia #BRI #PNG #Fishing #China
the Guardian
Chinese fishing plant in Torres Strait raises alarm for Australian industry and islanders
Processing plant on a Papua New Guinean island may bring more commercial pressure on fisheries in areas where regulation is uncertain
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Once again: Belt and Road Initiative is a debt trap. How should democratic countries stop this tyrannical expansion of #CCP? // #china #bri #beltandroad #healthcare #digital #silkroad #english #diyms
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What it’s like living next to a Belt and Road Project
A lot reviews and analysis have been written about China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative by economists, political scientists, and climate experts; however, it’s rare to hear from the people whose lives are directly affected by the program.
It was a chance for them to express their concerns, such as disputes over land use rights, water and air pollution, deforestation, and loss of indigenous culture are just some of the issues they raised. The stories are a powerful reminder to governments and investors to consider the environmental and social impact of the BRI.
Source: Bloomberg #Dec21
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-21/what-it-s-like-living-next-to-a-belt-and-road-project
#BRI #BeltRoadInitiative #China #Environmental
A lot reviews and analysis have been written about China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative by economists, political scientists, and climate experts; however, it’s rare to hear from the people whose lives are directly affected by the program.
It was a chance for them to express their concerns, such as disputes over land use rights, water and air pollution, deforestation, and loss of indigenous culture are just some of the issues they raised. The stories are a powerful reminder to governments and investors to consider the environmental and social impact of the BRI.
Source: Bloomberg #Dec21
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-21/what-it-s-like-living-next-to-a-belt-and-road-project
#BRI #BeltRoadInitiative #China #Environmental
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Turkey, Iran, Pakistan rail link to China's Belt and Road
The governments of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan will revive a transnational rail service linking Istanbul, Tehran and Islamabad (ITI), one of the projects in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
This project was launched in 2009 under the umbrella of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), a 10-member political and economic intergovernmental organization founded in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
China asked for additional guarantees from Pakistan and refused to give the complete concessional loan Islamabad.
That raises the question of how Pakistan will fund its railway network. Pakistan is expected to look for funding outside the BRI framework since China has no interest to offer financial support. China will lend political support to the ITI railroad because it complements the BRI. However, it still expects Iran, Pakistan and Turkey to bear costs and share risks if they wish to benefit from the trade and investment dividends a successful ITI railroad is expected to yield.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Dec29
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-rail-link-to-China-s-Belt-and-Road?fbclid=IwAR3uYQSSG30opttB_YiTZfu3klyQFgiovRrNuRGHfVHbUcBNRBWiiFRApAg
#BRI #Pakistan #China #ITI #ECO #Turkey
The governments of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan will revive a transnational rail service linking Istanbul, Tehran and Islamabad (ITI), one of the projects in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
This project was launched in 2009 under the umbrella of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), a 10-member political and economic intergovernmental organization founded in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
China asked for additional guarantees from Pakistan and refused to give the complete concessional loan Islamabad.
That raises the question of how Pakistan will fund its railway network. Pakistan is expected to look for funding outside the BRI framework since China has no interest to offer financial support. China will lend political support to the ITI railroad because it complements the BRI. However, it still expects Iran, Pakistan and Turkey to bear costs and share risks if they wish to benefit from the trade and investment dividends a successful ITI railroad is expected to yield.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Dec29
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-rail-link-to-China-s-Belt-and-Road?fbclid=IwAR3uYQSSG30opttB_YiTZfu3klyQFgiovRrNuRGHfVHbUcBNRBWiiFRApAg
#BRI #Pakistan #China #ITI #ECO #Turkey
Nikkei Asia
Turkey, Iran, Pakistan rail link to China's Belt and Road
Oriental express service for the 21st century connecting West Asia to China
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China’s Digital Silk Road Initiative: A Boon for Developing Countries or a Danger to Freedom?
Beijing launched the Digital Silk Road (DSR) as part of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2015 with a loose mandate.
DSR offers supports Chinese exporters, including many well-known Chinese technology companies. The DSR assistance goes toward improving recipients’ telecommunications networks, artificial intelligence capabilities, cloud computing, e-commerce and mobile payment systems, surveillance technology, smart cities, and other high-tech areas.
Some democracies have raised serious concerns that China may use DSR to enable recipient countries to adopt its model of technology-enabled authoritarianism. Chinese technology companies have already helped governments in other countries develop surveillance capabilities and Beijing has provided training for interested DSR recipient countries on how to monitor and censor the internet.
Building 5G network with Chinese companies could risk espionage and coercion of other states’ politics if Beijing used data breaches to blackmail political elites in those states. DSR could also help recipient countries better control their internets through filtering, content moderation, data localization, and surveillance.
Source: The Diplomat #Dec17
https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/chinas-digital-silk-road-initiative-a-boon-for-developing-countries-or-a-danger-to-freedom/
#BRI #DSR #China #ChinaDigitalThreat #ChineseTechnologySurveillance
Beijing launched the Digital Silk Road (DSR) as part of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2015 with a loose mandate.
DSR offers supports Chinese exporters, including many well-known Chinese technology companies. The DSR assistance goes toward improving recipients’ telecommunications networks, artificial intelligence capabilities, cloud computing, e-commerce and mobile payment systems, surveillance technology, smart cities, and other high-tech areas.
Some democracies have raised serious concerns that China may use DSR to enable recipient countries to adopt its model of technology-enabled authoritarianism. Chinese technology companies have already helped governments in other countries develop surveillance capabilities and Beijing has provided training for interested DSR recipient countries on how to monitor and censor the internet.
Building 5G network with Chinese companies could risk espionage and coercion of other states’ politics if Beijing used data breaches to blackmail political elites in those states. DSR could also help recipient countries better control their internets through filtering, content moderation, data localization, and surveillance.
Source: The Diplomat #Dec17
https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/chinas-digital-silk-road-initiative-a-boon-for-developing-countries-or-a-danger-to-freedom/
#BRI #DSR #China #ChinaDigitalThreat #ChineseTechnologySurveillance
The Diplomat
China’s Digital Silk Road Initiative: A Boon for Developing Countries or a Danger to Freedom?
Some observers worry that it will equip authoritarian governments with next-generation surveillance technologies.
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China builds Digital Silk Road in Pakistan to Africa and Europe
China is set to lay the final stretch of a cross-border fiber optic cable in Pakistan as part of the Digital Silk Road.
The Special Communications Organization (SCO), the telecommunications branch of the Pakistan Army, is about to lay a fiber optic cable between Rawalpindi and Karachi and Gwadar's port cities. The $240 million project is in partnership with China's Huawei Technologies and was approved by the government on Jan 21. It will also connect with the PEACE (Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe) cable in the Arabian Sea.
The Mediterranean section of the cable is already being laid from Egypt to France, and the 15,000 km long cable is expected to go into service later this year.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Jan29
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/China-builds-Digital-Silk-Road-in-Pakistan-to-Africa-and-Europe
#DSR #BRI #ChinaPakistan #PEACE
China is set to lay the final stretch of a cross-border fiber optic cable in Pakistan as part of the Digital Silk Road.
The Special Communications Organization (SCO), the telecommunications branch of the Pakistan Army, is about to lay a fiber optic cable between Rawalpindi and Karachi and Gwadar's port cities. The $240 million project is in partnership with China's Huawei Technologies and was approved by the government on Jan 21. It will also connect with the PEACE (Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe) cable in the Arabian Sea.
The Mediterranean section of the cable is already being laid from Egypt to France, and the 15,000 km long cable is expected to go into service later this year.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Jan29
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/China-builds-Digital-Silk-Road-in-Pakistan-to-Africa-and-Europe
#DSR #BRI #ChinaPakistan #PEACE
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Regarding the #BeltandRoad initiative, the Politico writes: "this charm offensive is starting to fall flat, however. Eastern European countries are increasingly unconvinced that Beijing is really delivering the economic perks they originally imagined. More crucially, there are security relations to consider."
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#BRI #Europe #EasternEurope #CentralEurope #China #CCP #nationalsecurity #imperialism #infrastructure #english #diyms
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#BRI #Europe #EasternEurope #CentralEurope #China #CCP #nationalsecurity #imperialism #infrastructure #english #diyms
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Scott Morrison could tear up Victoria's controversial Belt and Road deal with China with WEEKS as PM declares there's 'no benefit' to Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed Victoria's controversial Belt and Road Initiative agreement with China has no benefits.
Victorian Premier Dan Andrews who signed a memorandum of understanding in 2018 with China,
and other state premiers and chief ministers must detail to the Commonwealth all agreements made with foreign powers by March 10 for the assessment of the Federal Government
The intervention was made possible when Federal legislation was passed in December allowing the foreign minister to review and scrap state, territory, local council and public university deals with other nations.
Source: DailyMail #Feb15
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9260117/No-benefit-Scott-Morrison-tear-Victorias-controversial-Belt-Road-deal-China.html
#Australia #BRI #BRINoBenefit #China #CCP
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed Victoria's controversial Belt and Road Initiative agreement with China has no benefits.
Victorian Premier Dan Andrews who signed a memorandum of understanding in 2018 with China,
and other state premiers and chief ministers must detail to the Commonwealth all agreements made with foreign powers by March 10 for the assessment of the Federal Government
The intervention was made possible when Federal legislation was passed in December allowing the foreign minister to review and scrap state, territory, local council and public university deals with other nations.
Source: DailyMail #Feb15
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9260117/No-benefit-Scott-Morrison-tear-Victorias-controversial-Belt-Road-deal-China.html
#Australia #BRI #BRINoBenefit #China #CCP
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China Faces European Obstacles as Some Countries Heed U.S. Pressure
Some European countries are starting to block Chinese involvement in their economies, drawing closer to positions advocated by the U.S. amid growing anxiety in Europe over China’s increasingly aggressive geopolitical posture.
Romania and Lithuania are taking broad measures to exclude Chinese companies from certain public procurements. Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Romania have suspended public tenders involving Chinese companies for work on nuclear-power plants, highways, rail lines, security scanners and a shipping-container terminal. Greece is debating whether to allow a Chinese shipping company to increase its majority stake in the country’s largest port.
The shift is largely taking place in smaller European countries, adding to tensions within the European Union, where big countries still largely favour maintaining business links with China.
Source: WSJ #Feb23
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-faces-european-obstacles-as-some-countries-heed-u-s-pressure-11614088843
#China #EastEurope #EU #ChineseInvestment #BRI
Some European countries are starting to block Chinese involvement in their economies, drawing closer to positions advocated by the U.S. amid growing anxiety in Europe over China’s increasingly aggressive geopolitical posture.
Romania and Lithuania are taking broad measures to exclude Chinese companies from certain public procurements. Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Romania have suspended public tenders involving Chinese companies for work on nuclear-power plants, highways, rail lines, security scanners and a shipping-container terminal. Greece is debating whether to allow a Chinese shipping company to increase its majority stake in the country’s largest port.
The shift is largely taking place in smaller European countries, adding to tensions within the European Union, where big countries still largely favour maintaining business links with China.
Source: WSJ #Feb23
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-faces-european-obstacles-as-some-countries-heed-u-s-pressure-11614088843
#China #EastEurope #EU #ChineseInvestment #BRI
WSJ
China Faces European Obstacles as Some Countries Heed U.S. Pressure
Some European countries are starting to block Chinese involvement in their economies, drawing closer to positions advocated by the U.S. amid growing anxiety in Europe over China’s increasingly aggressive geopolitical posture.
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“Xi’s bid for total control over China’s SOEs has profound implications for countries that are open to foreign investment. Before Xi, the national security risks posed by the CCP’s integration into China’s SOEs could be ameliorated by requiring investigation, transparency and disclosure during a country’s foreign investment review process. These measures are no longer sufficient now that Xi has begun to strengthen his grip on the CCP and wield the coercive elements China’s national power.” One of these state-owner enterprises, COSCO, even operates its own militia!
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#CCP #China #XiJinping #military #army #BRI #beltandroad #english #diyms
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#CCP #China #XiJinping #military #army #BRI #beltandroad #english #diyms
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Twitter banner size!
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#Kasakhstan #China #BeltandRoad
#Kasakhs #BRI #protest #Uyghurs #concentrationcamps #english #diyms
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#Kasakhstan #China #BeltandRoad
#Kasakhs #BRI #protest #Uyghurs #concentrationcamps #english #diyms
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The world is sick of #CCP's oppression! #Kasakhstan has woken up to the threat of #China's infiltration through the #BeltandRoad Initiative.
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#Kasakhs #BRI #protest #Uyghurs #concentrationcamps #english #diyms
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#Kasakhs #BRI #protest #Uyghurs #concentrationcamps #english #diyms
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#CCP is taking all the advantage while someone else pays for it - how typical. #EU member states (and all countries in the world tbh!) need to open their eyes!
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#China #beltandroad #BRI #hungary #fudanuniversity #infrastructure #university #english #diyms
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#China #beltandroad #BRI #hungary #fudanuniversity #infrastructure #university #english #diyms
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GOOD MOVE! Canberra needs to continue to step out China’s influence throughout the country, such as Confucius institutes in public schools and sellout of key national industries.
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#australia #victoria #beltandroad #BRI #decouplechina #confuciusinstitute #espionage #english #diyms
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#australia #victoria #beltandroad #BRI #decouplechina #confuciusinstitute #espionage #english #diyms
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Oh really?! The entire #BeltandRoad Initiative is basically modern colonialism. #fuckCCP
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#China #Meme #BRI #kazakhstan #Hungary #EasternEurope #english #diyms
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#China #Meme #BRI #kazakhstan #Hungary #EasternEurope #english #diyms
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TLDR: Just a reminder of how China uses disinformation campaigns to sway public opinion during COVID
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Social media and 'mask diplomacy' may have got them somewhere, but their other aggressive policies and human rights abuse won't get them far.
Italy is no stranger to the CCP’s moves, as they joined China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) in 2019, and they plan to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations in the coming year.
Perhaps that's why China is so keen on feeding Italy their nationalistic views and keep showing CCP is better than the EU.
#Italy #CCP #China #BRI #BeltRoadInitiative #COVID #Covid19 #coronavirus #MaskDiplomacy #meme
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Social media and 'mask diplomacy' may have got them somewhere, but their other aggressive policies and human rights abuse won't get them far.
Italy is no stranger to the CCP’s moves, as they joined China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) in 2019, and they plan to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations in the coming year.
Perhaps that's why China is so keen on feeding Italy their nationalistic views and keep showing CCP is better than the EU.
#Italy #CCP #China #BRI #BeltRoadInitiative #COVID #Covid19 #coronavirus #MaskDiplomacy #meme
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