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		<title>More on &#8220;Trucks and Central Asia&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/03/14/more-on-trucks-and-central-asia/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I remain fascinated by the potential for a resumption of land transport between Asia and Europe. It won’t happen overnight, but the gradual rebalancing of China’s growth further inland argues in its favor. A reader has alerted me to more research on the subject.
This report by the Central Asia Caucus Institute has a particularly interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Iran headache</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China’s foreign policy is at an inflexion point. The country is emerging as a major power, but that will require tough choices.
The toughest choices are usually found in the Middle East. The region doesn’t like major powers sitting on the fence, and it’s only time before China will be forced to climb down.
It is Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China isn&#8217;t the only game in town. Egypt is catching attention.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent the past week chatting with logistics and sourcing managers at some of the world’s largest retailers. The point was to hear more about recent developments in China. But I learned as much about the Middle East. 
I was in the China Club earlier in the week and heard that Egypt is a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First it was pirates. Now it&#8217;s Yemen.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8216;ve early written that Somalia&#8216;s pirates may be the accidental spark for greater Chinese military intervention in the region. Here&#8216;s another spark. This article from China Energy Web worries that unrest in Yemen may threaten China&#8216;s oil imports from the region.
The author says &#8220;The United States recognizes Yemen&#8216;s geographic ability to choke China&#8216;s oil import [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haixin hopes to keep Egypt, and its neighbors, cool</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/02/02/chinas-haixin-hopes-to-keep-egypt-and-neighbors-cool/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More please. I found this article today and it illustrates a trend I’m hoping will develop further. The article talks of a Chinese home electronics company, Haixin, which has built a factory making air-conditioners in a suburb near Cairo. It’s targeting markets in East Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Haixin says it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trucks and Central Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit, I wasn’t always excited about Central Asia. The region’s economy is no bigger than Singapore’s, but spread over a land mass the size of Europe. It has oil, but mostly concentrated in Kazakhstan. It’s also land-locked without easy access to ports. For an economist, it isn’t a compelling story.
But that was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s relations with Algeria catch attention</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/01/24/chinas-relations-with-algeria-catches-attention/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s commercial relations with Algeria are among the strongest in the Middle East owing to the size of the construction projects and large number of construction workers. This first article, by Chris Zambelis for the Jamestown Organization, provides a good review. I&#8217;m a big fan of analysts getting their hands dirty, and it seems that Zambelis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai School of Government, Dubai, March 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Interview: The Daily Telegraph, January 1</title>
		<link>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/01/19/interview-the-daily-telegraph-january-1/?utm_source=subscriber&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss</link>
		<comments>http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/2010/01/19/interview-the-daily-telegraph-january-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabia Takes The New Silk Road To China, Spurning The West, by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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		<title>Market Forces Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.silkroadeconomy.com/?p=1894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I see China&#8217;s Commerce Minister, Chen Deming, was in Riyadh last week. The Saudis might as well leave the red carpet unrolled, so common are visits by Chinese officials. It isn&#8216;t surprising, of course, given China&#8217;s thirst for oil. 
But I would resist the temptation to claim a special strategic relationship between the two. 
I&#8216;ve [...]]]></description>
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