With Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh, China and Saudi Arabia are signaling to the U.S. that the era of American dominance is over.
Belt and Road Initiative
As China’s Belt and Road Initiative wanes, its neighbors Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, and Pakistan seek financing for rail projects they cannot afford.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues its downward slide in 2022 as spending on new projects declines and Chinese…
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The debt alarm being set off by international debt management organizations is exaggerated.
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What do these three things have in common: a Kyrgyz gold mine, a Malaysian Ponzi scheme, and canned camel milk?
The Kyrgyz government rushed a tender. It didn’t go well.
