Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, bringing with him a deal to increase natural gas supply to China amid rising tensions Continue Reading
Russia’s Gazprom has agreed on a 30-year contract to supply China’s CNPC with natural gas from a new pipeline connecting Russia’s Far East with China’s northeast, an industry official with Continue Reading
President Xi Jinping of China on Friday offered firm support to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the Kremlin’s showdown with the West over Ukraine, strengthening a relationship that Continue Reading
China has been attempting to expand its One Belt, One Road project through the Middle East by heavy funding of energy projects in the region. Ever since the 1973 Arab Continue Reading
Here’s a new obstacle that could prevent the world from finally turning the corner on climate change: Imagine that over the coming decade a whole new economy the size of Continue Reading
Tokyo’s new COVID-19 cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that an Omicron-fuelled wave of infections in Japan is peaking out. Nationwide cases reached a record Continue Reading
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases is increasing again in Iraq as the omicron variant spreads and vaccination rates remain low, but the new strain’s milder symptoms are relieving pressure Continue Reading
China has concluded three major oil deals with Iraq, most notably finalizing the 25-year deal for the Mansuriya field which could have huge geopolitical consequences. The signing of these deals Continue Reading
The next commodity supercycle could start and end with Chinese graphite, the single most important battery material right now in terms of supply and demand. And one of the world’s Continue Reading
The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the “expected controllable range”, despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior official at China’s Olympics Pandemic Prevention and Control Continue Reading
