By Rhod Mackenzie
The European Union held the second round of joint gas purchases under the Energy Platform. If the first round attracted 0.7 billion cubic meters. m of gas is less than requested by buyers, then the second lagged behind the stated goals by 4 billion cubic meters. m. Russian suppl...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China's GDP expanded 6.3 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, the fastest growth in two years, taking first-half growth to 5.5 percent to 59.3 trillion yuan ($8.3 trillion). The country's economic recovery continues steadily amid headwinds including a volatile internationa...
By R.. Bhadauria
Challenges notwithstanding, the mantra for India’s transition from balancing to leading power entails developing comprehensive national power: economic development, diplomacy and deterrence are its three pillars, writes RPS Bhadauria, VSM (Retd), Director of the Centre for Strateg...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China has invited Russia to joint it "to direct the reform of global governance in the right direction." This official statement by Xi Jinping is difficult to understand other than than as a direct signal of the possibility of mutually creating the rules of the game for the rest...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China is rapidly buying up oil, gas and stakes in major companies and transport infrastructure around the world. Does this mean that Beijing is seriously aiming for world domination and where does it get the money for all this?
The states are to blame
Let's start with transpor...
By Liu Caiyu and Cao Siqi
A ceremony was held on Thursday to commemorate the completion of the largest single sewage treatment plant in South Asia - Bangladeshi Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant, which was undertaken by Chinese enterprises and will benefit 5 million residents in Bangladesh.
Pri...