Chinese advances in Chile
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For more than twenty years, successive Chilean governments, on both the right and the left, have sought to integrate their country, with its back to the Andes mountains, into the Pacific rim’s flourishing economy. Chile has already tied itself to Asia and other parts of the world through Latin America’s most extensive web of free trade agreements, including the first and, arguably, the most advanced FTA with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the 2005 Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (P4), the 2018 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11), and the Pacific Alliance, among others.
ADDIS ABABA－With the help of a Chinese construction company's "commendable work efficiency", the Ethiopian government aspires to improve the country's fuel distribution network with the timely completion of a Chinese-contracted railway project, said an official.
ASX-listed aspiring West African bauxite developer, Lindian Resources has continued to put potential infrastructure building blocks in place to help accelerate the development of its Lelouma, Gaoual and Woula bauxite projects in Guinea. Its subsidiary, Terminal Logistics and Holdings recently struck a memorandum of understanding with the Guinean Government to appraise the possible joint development of the Dobali port and an associated logistics corridor in Guinea.
ASX-listed aspiring West African bauxite developer, Lindian Resources has continued to put the potential infrastructure building blocks in place to help accelerate the development of its Lelouma, Gaoual and Woula bauxite projects in Guinea. Its 75 per cent-owned subsidiary, Terminal Logistics and Holdings recently struck a memorandum of understanding with the Guinean Government to appraise a possible joint development of the Dobali port and an associated logistics corridor in Guinea to facilitate bauxite shipments.
Laos Planned Railways: Opening a National Rail Network in 2021
Laos Planned Railways: Opening a National Rail Network in 2021 February 10, 2021 Posted by ASEAN Briefing Written by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Reading Time: 4 minutes
First Laos national rail lines to open in 2021
The China-Laos, Kunming-Vientiane link will be first
Will change Laos from ‘land-locked’ to ‘land-linked’
Will spur significant foreign investment into Laos
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
At present, Laos doesn’t have any railways. However, that is about to change in 2021. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Laos counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith last week in a virtual meeting to discuss progress on the China-Laos Economic Corridor. Both Governments have occasions to celebrate this year, individually and bilaterally. China will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, while Lao
Zafar Ahmed,
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Published: 11 Feb 2021 12:34 AM BdST
Updated: 11 Feb 2021 09:25 AM BdST
The railways ministry s plan to amend the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project to tweak the design of four stations will take the spending billions over budget. );
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The ministry says the stations in Faridpur’s Bhanga, the two ends of the bridge at Mawa and Zajira, and Narail will be iconic ones.
Changing the design of only the junction at Bhanga may push the cost by Tk 2.8 billion or 75 times from the Tk 38.2 million earmarked for the station in the original plan.
Officials say the total cost may go up by several billions of takas, although the estimated cost to construct the three other stations have not been figured out.