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By Rhod Mackenzie

The Western media alleges that purchasing gas from the recently established Russian Arctic LNG-2 facility is too risky as it might attract American sanctions. The Financial Times examined the implications of the new American sanctions on Arctic LNG-2. Nonetheless, it is premature...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Baidu, a Chinese entity, has been procuring chips from US-based company Nvidia for a prolonged period. The ongoing technological friction between Beijing and Washington, coupled with US Department of Justice's sanctions on Chinese corporations, has resulted in the Chinese firm s...

By Chu Daye, Qi Xijia

European companies are still heavily betting on China, and they said that their businesses have truly benefited from China's high-level opening-up. This forms a sharp contrast with some voices that call China's ongoing import fair a "symbolic gesture" when China is holding th...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China's imports and exports grew in the first ten months of 2023, although October saw a decline in exports. On Tuesday, Chinese authorities released official data indicating that import growth exceeded expectations, demonstrating that the world's largest trading nation is resili...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia and Iran are prepared for mutually beneficial cooperation with all countries, particularly our neighbours. Central Asia is experiencing rapid development.  It is time for Europe to awaken to the current circumstances.

These are the key themes of the XVI Verona Eurasian E...

By Paul Goncharoff

With all the geopolitical and economic upheavals happening on what seems an accelerated daily basis, often important details get lost in the urgency of other events. Over the past weeks we have seen BRICS steadily growing, and just the Belt & Road forum has shown clear, goal dri...