Category: Infrastructure
Panama Ports Will Operate Undisrupted After CK Hutchison Ruling, President Says
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on Friday that ports in the country will operate without disruption, despite a Supreme Court decision to annul key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison. The ruling on Thursday left the ...
Panama Court Voids CK Hutchison Port Contracts
Panama's Supreme Court has annulled key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, leaving the future ownership of some Panama Canal operations unclear and possibly upsetting its plans to sell some terminals. Panama Ports Company (PPC), a ...
Australia Committed to Retaking Ownership of Darwin Port, Albanese Says
Australia was committed to returning a key northern port leased for 99 years to a Chinese company to Australian ownership, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday after Beijing's envoy to Canberra warned of trade reprisals. The Northern Territory government sold Darwin Port to Chinese company Landbridge for ...
U.S. Warship Makes First Call at Cambodia’s Chinese-Renovated Naval Base
By Suy Se A U.S. warship on Saturday made a port call at a Cambodian naval base for the first time since Chinese renovations that have raised concerns in Washington, AFP journalists saw. The United ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: EV Manufacturing Funding Grows as Competition Heats up in African Countries
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. Chinese partnerships and investments continue to buoy African countries’ automaking profiles and expand the continent’s mobility solutions. ...
From Silence to Deflection: How China’s Internet Framed Thailand’s Deadly Train Accident
When a crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train in Thailand, killing dozens, the tragedy quickly became a major topic on Chinese social media. Discussion was not absent, but it followed a clear and defensive pattern, one that worked less to examine responsibility than to preempt ...
U.S. Backs Major Naval Expansion in Peru, as China Deepens Its Port Presence
The United States said Thursday it had approved a $1.5 billion deal for the expansion of a naval base in Peru, where China has funded a separate mega-port. The State Department said Peru requested $1.5 billion in equipment and services to ...
Thailand Train Accident Kills 28 at China-Backed Project
By Montira Rungjirajittranon and Pasika Khernamnuoy A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train on Wednesday and caused it to derail, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said.
China–Vietnam Rail Freight Volume Hits Record in 2025
China’s rail operator said freight trains departing the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Vietnam carried a record 37,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo in 2025, an increase of 86% from a year earlier. The Nanning Railway Logistics Centre said demand ...
China’s CATL and BYD Control 55% of Global EV Battery Market
Two Chinese EV battery companies, CATL and BYD, accounted for more than half of global electric-vehicle battery usage from January through November 2025, according to data released by South Korean market research firm SNE Research. Global EV battery usage totaled ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Driving Kenya’s First Locally Built Electric Car and China’s ICE, EV Dual Strategy
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. African countries are embarking on an unprecedented bout of techno-social evolution brought about by Chinese electric vehicle (EV) technologies that ...
Monument Honoring China’s Contribution to Panama Canal Torn Down
Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China's contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night by order of local authorities. The move comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has made threats in recent months to ...