Bernard D. Cole: Waterways and Strategy: China’s Priorities
From Turkish Weekly: At a national maritime awards meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 20 December 2004, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan emphasized the importance of marine development,...
View ArticleChina Bans Foreign Vessels from Waterways
Bloomberg reports China is banning foreign vessels from sailing on its domestic waterways, which are among the busiest in the world. Amid the economic slowdown, the shipping industry was hit by a...
View ArticleNicaraguan Canal Team Quietly Visits China
After Nicaragua’s National Assembly approved plans for a Chinese company to build and operate a new waterway capable of contending with the Panama Canal, a high-level delegation from Nicaragua traveled...
View ArticleChina’s Poisonous Waterways
Writer Sheng Keyi reflects on her return trips home to the once “sweet and sparkling” but now “lifeless toxic expanse” that marks the factory-lined Lanxi River in Hunan Province. From The New York...
View ArticleNicaragua Announces Start of China-backed Canal
Since a Chinese firm last year won the concession to build, design, and oversee a $40 billion canal in Nicaragua to rival Panama’s, controversy has surrounded the project. While it is expected to juice...
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