Archive for the ‘Canals & Strategic Sea Lanes’ Category
The New Silk Road: China’s Marshall Plan? | The Diplomat
Saturday, January 3rd, 2015China pays big to expand its clout along the new Silk Road
Saturday, January 3rd, 2015Has Beijing backed a US$50bn canal project in Nicaragua? Funding mystery continues | South China Morning Post
Friday, January 2nd, 2015China’s Nicaraguan canal project wise to learn lessons from Panama canal |
Friday, January 2nd, 2015Rumors over water project destructive – Chinadaily.com.cn
Saturday, December 27th, 2014“Doubts deepen over Chinese-backed Nicaragua canal as work starts” –
Saturday, December 27th, 2014Maersk Line Supports Nicaraguan Canal
Friday, December 26th, 2014Nicaragua starts HK-led canal project|Business|chinadaily.com.cn
Thursday, December 25th, 2014usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-12/24/content_19157613.htm
In the late 19th century, the US government negotiated with President José Santos Zelaya to lease the land to build a canal through Nicaragua.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_Canal
It is the original US plan in the late 1800s to compete against the French Panama plan – now taken up by the Chinese.
Deja vu?
The speed of the Chinese construction is scaring the whole world. 4-5 years????
The know how learnt the USD 60 billion domestics North South irrigation project in China is snowballing.
What if the Thailand’s short strip – The Kra Isthmus – is cut for strategic rather than economic purpose, to bypass the popular Straits of Malacca.
Easy going for the rest of Straits of Malacca trade ?