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By Rhod Mackenzie

One of the largest trading firms in Japan, which also deals in energy resources, opines that natural gas in general and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in particular will not be sufficient for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, due to its high demand.

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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is rapidly increasing the amount of its food exports to China. The growth rate is exponential in both terms of weight and revenue. If this rate of growth persists, Russia's exports of agricultural products to China will double to £10 billion by 2030. Which food products ha...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, reported TASS on the morning of 17th October. Putin will stay in the Chinese capital for two days, until 18th October, during which he will meet with Xi Jinping and partic...

By Rhod Maceknzie

The US government intends to introduce fresh measures this week to further impede Beijing's acquisition of cutting-edge chips and production equipment. These latest restrictions aim to bolster the prohibition measures set in place precisely one year ago, in October 2022. Specific...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Historically, investments into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have been denominated in US dollars. Nevertheless, high interest rates as well as escalating geopolitical tensions have prompted the adoption of alternative approaches by an increasing number of investors, to avoid...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The current relationship between Russia and China did not develop because of events in today's world and were not the result of the current political conditions in the world; they have however been developed carefully and calmly over the last two decades, President Vladimir Put...