Central Asia not a destabilizing factor for Belt and Road: expert
A Chinese expert on Central Asia said China’s neighbors bordering northwestern China’s Xinjiang pose no imminent threat to the Belt and Road Initiative, hitting back at Western comments that play down China’s ambitious plan. Speaking at a seminar in Beijing on July 1, Zhu Yongbiao, an associate professor at the Institute for Central Asia Studies at Lanzhou University, said Central Asia’s terrorism situation hasn’t worsened, even though the number of terrorist attacks saw a slight increase. (People's Daily)
Chinese peasant Xu Binghua was invited by the chairman of the silk industry in Uzbekistan to pass on his knowledge of mulberry cultivation.Xu, a 56 years old peasant and agronomist in Haining, Zhejiang, has been planting mulberries since 1990, and is published in many academic journals, such as Bulletin of Sericulture. In 2007, he founded the first farmers’ specialized cooperative for the export of Chinese silkworms and built China’s first silkworm export base in 2009.Uzbekistan is the third largest silk producer in the world after China and India. The country has 36 silk textile companies, producing 2,000 tons of silk, 200 tons of spun silk, one million linear meters of silk cloth, and 1,000 square meters of carpet. (People's Daily)
Gazprom & CNPC agree to start gas supplies via Power of Siberia in 2019
Russia’s Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have inked an agreement to start gas deliveries via the so-called eastern route or the Power of Siberia pipeline, said Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller. The deal was signed on Tuesday during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s official visit to Russia. “As part of negotiations, an agreement was signed today between Gazprom and our Chinese partner on the date of the start of gas supplies via the Power of Siberia pipeline. It is December 20, 2019,”Miller told reporters, adding there is no doubt that deliveries will start on time. (RT)CNPC partners in $4.8b Iran project
Chinese energy giant China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) signed a contract with Iran as one of the partners to develop a natural gas field in the country, which has significant meaning for future cooperation in the energy sector, experts said on Tuesday. Iranian government-owned National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) and China's State-owned CNPC, France's Total and Iran's Petropars signed the $4.8 billion deal on Monday to develop Phase 11 of the South Pars gas field, the world's largest gas field, which is located in the Persian Gulf, according to a statement NIOC posted on its website on Monday.The contract will be carried out in two phases over 20 years. Total will operate the project with a 50.1 percent stake alongside CNPC with 30 percent and Petropars with 19.9 percent, NIOC said. (Global Times)
Beijing is to extend nearly $11bn to two Russian state entities that are under western sanctions. The renminbi-denominated funds mean the Russian counterparties — the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a $10bn sovereign fund, and Vnesheconombank, Russia’s state development bank — do not fall under the jurisdiction of US sanctions, which bar them from raising long-term capital in western markets. (FT)
A little over a year ago, Russia started a program which offered citizens free land in the sparsely populated areas of the Far East to encourage migration, reports Irina Drobysheva. The project was initially met with much skepticism but has so far exceeded expectations and, with almost 100,000 applications lodged and more than 21,600 new plots registered, it could prove to be the catalyst for a historic movement of Russian people. (
China's Massive 'One Road' Project Largely Bypasses Russia, But Moscow Still On Board
China's Massive 'One Road' Project Largely Bypasses Russia, But Moscow Still On Board
The so-called One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project doesn't appear to pack many presents for Russia. In fact, analysts say, it largely ignores China's sprawling frenemy to the north and its 11 time zones' worth of aging infrastructure and potential investment"If you look at how the [OBOR] is being rolled out, you can tell that Russia almost doesn't feature in it," Sijbren de Jong, a strategic analyst at The Hague Centre on Strategic Studies, told RFE/RL. (Rfrl)
CHINESE IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST: A GEOPOLITICAL TIME BOMB?
Joint investment between Moscow and Beijing may be a win-win on paper but, as experience in the Russian Far East shows, it can also fuel resentment regarding China’s presence. (Scmp)
CHINESE IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST: A GEOPOLITICAL TIME BOMB?
Joint investment between Moscow and Beijing may be a win-win on paper but, as experience in the Russian Far East shows, it can also fuel resentment regarding China’s presence. (Scmp)
70% of imported meat in Kyrgyzstan comes from China
31,300 tons of meat were imported to Kyrgyzstan in 2016 for $22 million, Tazabek reported referring to Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Melioration. (Akipress)
31,300 tons of meat were imported to Kyrgyzstan in 2016 for $22 million, Tazabek reported referring to Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Melioration. (Akipress)
New China-Europe freight train links China's Jiangxi, Uzbekistan
A new China-Europe freight train running between eastern China's Jiangxi Province and Uzbekistan has been launched. The train loaded with steel coils, garments and daily items, valued at 1.8 million US dollars, departed from Ganzhou city Friday and is expected to leave China through Horgos in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, arriving in Tashkent 12 days later. More than 4,000 freight train journeys have been made between Chinese and European and central Asian cities since August 2011, with the opening of the Chongqing-Duisburg Line, according to China Railway Corporation.
The trains currently operate between 28 Chinese cities and 29 cities in 11 European countries. (Global Times)
A new China-Europe freight train running between eastern China's Jiangxi Province and Uzbekistan has been launched. The train loaded with steel coils, garments and daily items, valued at 1.8 million US dollars, departed from Ganzhou city Friday and is expected to leave China through Horgos in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, arriving in Tashkent 12 days later. More than 4,000 freight train journeys have been made between Chinese and European and central Asian cities since August 2011, with the opening of the Chongqing-Duisburg Line, according to China Railway Corporation.
The trains currently operate between 28 Chinese cities and 29 cities in 11 European countries. (Global Times)
CENTRAL ASIA
Uzbekistan and Russia to Restart Joint Military Exercises
This October, Uzbekistan and Russia will hold their first joint military exercises since 2005, a dramatic move away from the anti-Russian policy of recently departed president Islam Karimov.The planned exercises were announced by Colonel Yaroslav Roshchupkin, a spokesman for Russia's Central Military District, on July 3. Few details were announced, except that they'll be held at the tactical level at Uzbekistan's Forish training facility about 250 kilometers southeast of Tashkent. (Eurasianet)
This October, Uzbekistan and Russia will hold their first joint military exercises since 2005, a dramatic move away from the anti-Russian policy of recently departed president Islam Karimov.The planned exercises were announced by Colonel Yaroslav Roshchupkin, a spokesman for Russia's Central Military District, on July 3. Few details were announced, except that they'll be held at the tactical level at Uzbekistan's Forish training facility about 250 kilometers southeast of Tashkent. (Eurasianet)
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