2018 October 10
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Chongqing municipality has signed 118 contracts worth $21.4bn with Singapore alone in the last 3 years. Shows the importance for countries/companies building a provincial China strategy, not just national one. - Read more
The number of containers transported by China-Europe freight trains via Belarus reached 213,400 in the first nine months of this year, an increase of 25% vs last year. Forecast 1mn by 2025. - Read more
Since the investment in 2008 by China COSCO Shipping, the Greek port of Piraeus shot has become the world's 38th-busiest container port, from 93rd in 2010. During this period, the port has witnessed its handling volumes grow about seven-fold. - Read more
Energy firm China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited has joined forces with China Southern Power Grid to build a $1.75 billion coal-fired power plant in southern Vietnam. - Read more
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has recently approved a 455-million-U.S. dollar loan project for Andhra Pradesh, India, making it the eighth project approved by the AIIB in India. - Read more