Friday, May 7, 2021

BRI

 BRI opening up Central Asia through mountains and deserts with Chinese engineering.

ECNS
Xinjiang's Alataw Pass sees robust rise in China-Europe freight train trips

Xinjiang's Alataw Pass sees robust rise in China-Europe freight train trips

Aerial view of Guozigou Bridge in NW China's Xinjiang

Video of highway across sand desert in Xinjiang



7 comments:

Matt Franko said...

Better than having to use sea route past Somalia pirates...

Ahmed Fares said...

re: Somali pirates

Somali waters have high fisheries production potential, but the sustainability of those fisheries is compromised by the presence of foreign fishing vessels, many of them fishing illegally. The Somali domestic fishing sector is small and relatively nascent, but foreign vessels have fished in Somali waters for at least seven decades. Some foreign vessels and their crew have been a direct, physical threat to Somali artisanal fishers. Many foreign vessels directly compete for fish, reducing fish populations and destroying marine habitat through bottom trawling.

Foreign Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Somali Waters Perpetuates Conflict

Matt Franko said...

Sounds like Somali needs a navy...

Peter Pan said...

Even Botswana has a navy...

Ahmed Fares said...

Sounds like Somali needs a navy...

They can't afford a navy because people keep stealing their fish.

Chicken and egg problem.

Matt Franko said...

Yeah when I think “fresh fish” I immediately think Somalia... all that ice and refrigeration...

If the entire nation of Somalia was swallowed up by the earth in a big cataclysmic earthquake noooooobody would notice and it would only be a material improvement to planet earth...

Peter Pan said...

We would notice the subsequent tsunami...