Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Global South strategic cooperation

It doesn't need to be a 25% interest rate. It could be that these are loans coming due this year. So they need to pay the principle on a lot of the debt back.

Per JP Morgan data, there were 12 major commodity contracts that were settled in currencies different from the greenback this year, the WSJ reported, adding that this compared with seven such deals in 2022 and two in the period between 2015 and 2021.

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The bigger trend that is happening is even more important than the present figure.

I will say that whatever comes of this, China would love to access that uranium resource

Iran has plenty of uranium deposits and mines. They wouldn't need to buy uranium from Niger. So the whole assertion is retarded.
Russia's TENEX is however interested in increasing its control over uranium resources worldwide so they can supply the nuclear reactors Russia has been building all over the world. I wouldn't be surprised if they paid more than what the French used to.

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At the same time, the UK government has announced plans to develop a mega-port in the disputed Falkland Islands/Malvinas, to be

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for oil activity, fishing, tourism, science and even defense. It could also serve as a launch pad for projecting UK interests in Antarctica, where it has disputed claims with Argentina and Chile.

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Meanwhile, plans to build a Chinese-financed port in Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego province, the southern-most tip of South America, have stalled.

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Having the US armed forces in to help manage Argentina’s busiest waterway also means that they will have full control of what goes up and down that river (mostly Chinese COFCO ships). drug trade will skyrocket in Argentina.

Hmm tales of three kingdom scenario again?

looks like Russia is supply fuel rod for new Xudabou nuclear plant. Works well for both countries.

a few interesting rail/infrastructure related articles on seetao

infrastructure into and through Afghanistan to connect power grid from Russia all the way to Pakistan to alleviate power shortages (all the way to Gwadar). Other is connecting CKU railway together through Afghanistan into Pakistan to link up CPEC

China involved somewhat in multiple Malaysian transportation project
here is the Malaysian east coast rail

more interesting one is we now finally have freight rail service from Chongqing to KL. Took 13 days. that can certainly be sped up

China Europe train details, looks like they continue to shrink round trip time from Xian to Duisberg. Now, they can do it in under 10 days

中老铁路国际货物列车开行超9000列

自2021年12月3日开通以来，截至今年3月19日，中老铁路国际货物列车已开行超9000列，累计运输跨境货物795万吨——进口货物630万吨，出口货物165万吨

我一直都说事物都需要一个优化的过程，初期的框架搭建得再完美也有优化的必要和可能性。经过各部门的有效优化，中老铁路的列车通关时间从最初的40多小时已经压缩到5个小时，单日交接的国际货物列车数量最高可达18列

增长一直持续，今年1月1日至3月19日运输跨境货物115万吨，同比增长33.7%

目前，中老铁路的货物运输服务已经辐射至老挝、泰国、越南、缅甸等12个“一带一路”共建国家以及国内31个省（区、市）的主要城市，有效带动了万象赛色塔综合开发区、磨丁经济特区等经济园区发展，老挝木薯粉、橡胶等产量明显增加，促进了沿线各类产业扩能升级和国际经贸往来

雅万高铁是中国帮助建设高科技现代化生活的一个标杆，而中老铁路则是向中国出口赚钱互利互惠的标杆，中国有技术也有需求，你们有需求也有资源

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China-Laos rail continue to improve in efficiency. so far this year, already transported 1.15m ton of good, up 33.7% YoY
Now has shrunk the clearance time from 40+ hours to 5 hours. can allow 18 international freight train per day

This rail has allowed good to be carried to Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar

very critical to Laos growth

9000 international freight already