Conversations on Vietnam Development
“Bệnh thành tích làm khổ hai cuộc đời” của hai đứa trẻ. “Còn những người bày đặt chuyện đó vẫn nhởn nhơ, thậm chí còn lên chức vì cả một bộ máy quản lý thể thao đồng loạt bao che nhau.” (Trích trong bài).
Vậy còn Chính phủ và Quốc hội? Chẳng lẽ Chính phủ và Quốc hội cũng bỏ qua cho những người dàn chuyện phi pháp và đau khổ như vậy hay sao? Tiếp tục đọc “Bệnh thành tích làm khổ hai cuộc đời”
Laos shift from landlocked to land-linked by lowering transport costs, boosting trade, attracting investment and tourism
Stepping onto the Laos-China Railway (LCR) in Luang Prabang, the picturesque former royal capital in Northern Laos, brings a rush of aesthetic familiarity to anyone who has ridden the high-speed rail in China. From the train station massage chairs to the voice over the loudspeaker and the advertisements on seatbacks, the experience is decidedly Chinese. The result is both comforting and disorienting: riders feel they are not quite in China, but not quite all the way out of it either. China’s borderlands strategy of integration through connectivity results in borders that are blurred and shifted. The LCR is a physical manifestation of this new kind of borderland.
Opened in December 2021, the LCR is celebrated by China and Laos as a major accomplishment. President Xi Jinping called the LCR a “landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.”1 The railway connects the Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming to Laos’s national capital of Vientiane, covering one thousand kilometers in less than ten hours—a trip that previously took days.2 It is a marvel of modern engineering, traversing the mountain jungle terrain of southern Yunnan and northern Laos with a long series of tunnels and bridges. It is the first leg constructed of China’s vision for a pan-Asia railway system connecting Kunming to Singapore via three trunks: Myanmar in the west, Laos and Thailand in the center, and Vietnam and Cambodia in the east.
Tiếp tục đọc “All Railroads Lead to China: China’s Borderlands Strategy of Integration in Laos”
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Nice! Well done China!
It turns out that China does have some serious heft to retaliate against Panama. And the best thing is, the Panamanians can do practically nothing to retaliate against this. Anything they try is likely to cause more problems for themselves.
Those who have followed me should know that I posted about Panama’s actions having consequences. When they screwed over the biggest Chinese player, the port operator itself, it sent a chilling feeling down other Chinese players in the trade.
For instance, you can see this link to my previous post:https://qr.ae/pCfYTw
CK Hutchinson is a highly professional and respected port operator. Decades in the trade. Operates 53 ports across 24 countries. Decades of experience in Panama with billions invested.
Tiếp tục đọc “It turns out that China does have some serious heft to retaliate against Panama.”
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