Tag Archives: Yemen

I‘ve early written that Somalia‘s pirates may be the accidental spark for greater Chinese military intervention in the region. Here‘s another spark. This article from China Energy Web worries that unrest in Yemen may threaten China‘s oil imports from the region.

The author says “The United States recognizes Yemen‘s geographic ability to choke China‘s oil import life lines“. He then hints that the United States may bring the war on terror to Yemen, and “strangle China‘s oil imports and strangle China‘s economy“. The rest of the article carries on in a similar tone.

You won’t find this type of trade recorded in the official statistics. Yemeni authorities have closed down Chinese massage parlors and restaurants in the country’s capital, according to this article, claiming the premises were being used to promote prostitution. In one incident, witnesses saw Chinese women being ushered out from the “Arabian Night” onto to the street, after which the doors of the building were firmly locked. The authorities say that they don’t know how the women entered the country, but that they certainly didn’t have the appropriate health or work permits.