It started with much fanfare, and China pinned many hopes on the project, expecting CPEC to provide trade connectivity between China and Arabian Sea, consequently to Strait of Hormuz in Persian Gulf. ... Secondly, the infrastructure will develop the road and railway networks..…
A screenshot of the website Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the US showing CNN president's apology for Jack Cafferty's remarks on China in May 2008. . ... After its coverage of the Persian Gulf War, the network's coverage is regarded as the most influential in the US,..…
Were the United States to regain control of Iran, it would be a massive boost to American power in the Middle East, and thereby reverse some of their decline elapsing since 1949 with “the loss of China”. President Trump has been increasing America’s military presence in the Persian..…
The Middle East is important to BRI as well, as the region is one of China’s more important sources of crude oil and has attracted billions in Chinese investment, including the Persian Gulf and Iran. Likewise, China has become a pivotal economic partner for Latin American..…
The secretary touched on variety of issues, ranging from Pentagon's ongoing effort to refocus on adversaries like China and Russia to U.S.-led operation defending shipping from Iran in Persian Gulf. Members of Pentagon press corps could be seen snapping selfies and pictures of..…
In this context, China's dependence on the Persian Gulf oil is noteworthy. China meets most of its oil needs from both Iran and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf. ..…
Rouhani Scorns Israeli Bid for Role in Persian Gulf . Syrian Army Regains Control over Kafr Ain, Khirbet Murshed, al-Mintar and Tal A’as in Idlib Southern Countryside . China Urges US to Stop Meddling in its Internal Affairs . Trump Threatens to Pull US Out of World Trade..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Public Relations Department Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif lauded the IRGC for downing an intruder US spy drone and seizing a violator British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. . . . . South Korea Has ‘No Plan’ to Host US Missiles..…
Lacking significant reserves of their own, the major Asian consumers will turn to the one place with sufficient capacity to satisfy their rising needs: the Persian Gulf. According to BP, in 2018, Japan already obtained 87% of its oil imports from the Middle East, India 64%, and..…
Lacking significant reserves of their own, the major Asian consumers will turn to the one place with sufficient capacity to satisfy their rising needs: the Persian Gulf. According to BP, in 2018, Japan already obtained 87% of its oil imports from the Middle East, India 64%, and..…
Lacking significant reserves of their own, the major Asian consumers will turn to the one place with sufficient capacity to satisfy their rising needs: the Persian Gulf. According to BP, in 2018, Japan already obtained 87% of its oil imports from the Middle East, India 64%, and..…
Their policies and actions are accelerating the dispersal of power away from the US and towards other great powers like Russia and China, both of which also have enormous influence in the Persian Gulf. . ..…
The rules, that in fact denies the western allies the ability to perform “freedom of navigation” operations as the United States Navy is doing regularly in contested areas of the South China Sea and the Persian Gulf, are only the new part of Russia’s preparations to defend its..…
Thousands of miles of roads, rail lines, pipelines and fiberoptic cables have slashed communications costs across Eurasia and put the region at the forefront of 5G deployment: oil and gas pipelines from Pakistan’s new port of Gwadar, on the Persian Gulf, to Kunming, China bypass..…
Trump declared that he wanted to avoid foreign wars and interventions he has quick succession brought the world to the brink of war on Korean, South China Sea, Persian Gulf and Venezuela. ..…
by controlling Gulf's energy resources and its trade routes, United States could pressure China should the need arise. Thus, future, while perhaps withdrawing from parts of Middle East America will strengthen its in Persian Gulf.. ..…
And of course, they’re building new places in the Mediterranean, in the Persian Gulf, and in the South China Sea. ..…
Pakistan refused the IMF’s tough conditions for a bailout, and China likewise declined to reward its client’s profligacy, leaving it with no alternative but to look to Persian Gulf oil states for help. ..…
In fact, influence efforts by Iran and Persian Gulf monarchies have also drawn considerable scrutiny, as have those carried out by China. ..…
Geographically, Iran is the only connection between the Persian Gulf and the Central Asian nations, a market of about 65 million people. It also lies in a direct path from China in the East through Turkey to Europe in the West. ..…
Should Vladimir Putin's Russia succeed in reasserting control over parts of Soviet Union, Xi Jinping's China gain control over maritime commerce in Pacific, or Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Iran dominate the oil reserves of Persian Gulf, United States, its allies, and the order they..…
China's presence in other regions, including the Arab states of the southern Persian Gulf, is rapidly expanding. . Based on this, now 40 years after the start of China's open economic reforms, the country has been able to deepen its political influence in different regions..…
President Trump has enacted a law that requires the State Department to punish Chinese officials who bar American officials, journalists and other citizens from going freely to Tibetan areas in China’s far west. . . ... A U.S. aircraft carrier sailed into the Persian Gulf on..…
On side note, it's amazing to say the least that the US should have the freedom to navigate in the South China Sea, yet seems to get up in arms when Iranian ships expect the same kind of in Persian Gulf.. ..…
On the other hand Trump administration also issued very serious statement against Iran declaring that its policies are against the peace and security and now it seems that United States is reducing its naval forces in Persian Gulf for another perhaps more dangerous possible front.. ..…
We come back to the present to face the simple fact is that the Chinese military-industrial complex, literallly, a electronic octopus of Chinese sea, air and land forces projecting regional military power throughout he sea lanes from the China Sea around INda to the Persian..…
Somalia fronts the Gulf of Aden, a major waterway for the world’s oil traffic flowing from the Persian Gulf. . Also to be considered is the growing influence of China, which has emerged over the last decade as an economic rival for Africa’s vast resources, with Beijing expanding..…
A major factor in Washington’s drive for dominance over the Horn of Africa is the region’s strategic importance abutting the waterway for much of the world’s oil traffic flowing through the Red Sea from the Persian Gulf. . China’s increased economic influence in recent..…
Three major areas of the world are in flux: Europe, China and the Persian Gulf. ..…
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