Laos
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Laos
"Despite the risks, Laos goes ahead with Pak Beng dam"
http://www.atimes.com/article/despite-r ... -beng-dam/
A thoroughly researched and very well-written article. The trashing of Laos and the Mekong River proceed apace.
http://www.atimes.com/article/despite-r ... -beng-dam/
A thoroughly researched and very well-written article. The trashing of Laos and the Mekong River proceed apace.
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"Luang Prabang would end up as a new Chinese town."
http://www.atimes.com/article/lao-cultu ... e-dilemma/
". . . it's not clear how much autonomy Lao authorities really have . . ."
http://www.atimes.com/article/lao-cultu ... e-dilemma/
". . . it's not clear how much autonomy Lao authorities really have . . ."
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"China buys out a mammoth source of Lao pride"
http://www.atimes.com/article/china-buy ... lao-pride/
The trashing of Laotian natural and cultural resources proceeds apace.
http://www.atimes.com/article/china-buy ... lao-pride/
The trashing of Laotian natural and cultural resources proceeds apace.
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The Pan-Asia Railway Network
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/specia ... il-dilemma
Laos is well on its way of becoming China's southernmost province.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/specia ... il-dilemma
Laos is well on its way of becoming China's southernmost province.
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Plenty of low points, but here was the lowest -
https://www.economist.com/books-and-art ... ar-in-laos
Kids there are still being maimed by cluster bombs.
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Asia's battery . . .
https://www.asiasentinel.com/econ-busin ... on-crisis/
Wildlife disappearing . . .
https://www.asiasentinel.com/econ-busin ... on-crisis/
Wildlife disappearing . . .
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"Coronavirus runs roughshod over debt-laden belt and road projects"
https://scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/a ... t-and-road
Laos, functionally a province of China, is now thoroughly trashed - environmentally, socially, culturally, and economically. Fortunately most other SE Asian nations are becoming increasingly leery of China's entreaties. -
Unlike in SE Asia, Chinese money has been relatively beneficial to certain poor African and Latin American nations outside the belt and road.
https://scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/a ... t-and-road
Laos, functionally a province of China, is now thoroughly trashed - environmentally, socially, culturally, and economically. Fortunately most other SE Asian nations are becoming increasingly leery of China's entreaties. -
Unlike in SE Asia, Chinese money has been relatively beneficial to certain poor African and Latin American nations outside the belt and road.
Re: Laos
Laos? The name rhymes with "chaos"? -Jim the Moron wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:01 pm"Coronavirus runs roughshod over debt-laden belt and road projects"
https://scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/a ... t-and-road
Laos, functionally a province of China, is now thoroughly trashed - environmentally, socially, culturally, and economically. Fortunately most other SE Asian nations are becoming increasingly leery of China's entreaties.
(To borrow inspiration from a Russian concept) south east Asia is arguably China's near abroad. That makes a difference.Jim the Moron wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:01 pmUnlike in SE Asia, Chinese money has been relatively beneficial to certain poor African and Latin American nations outside the belt and road.
Ukraine is within Russia's near abroad so Russia treats Ukraine soverignty with contempt. Germany and The Netherlands are outside its traditional sphere of influence so Russia treats these places with noticably much greater respect as entities that need to be diplomatically courted and won.
Re: Laos
Travelled extensively in Laos last year, it has essentially been sold almost in entirety to China and will be a satellite state of the red dragon very soon. A similar situation is happening in Cambodia and Thailand is in danger of heading the same way.