Why China’s Belt and Road oil-and-gas boom is different this time

Published on June 23, 2026

The 2025 surge is less a return to resource-buying than a shift towards construction-led industrial infrastructure and selective financing.

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Singapore unveils coastal defence rules requiring long-term protection against rising seas

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We are drinking the Earth, too

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Not so long ago, the Central Highlands of Vietnam were blanketed by forests so dense they blotted out the sun. The American soldiers who slogged through the area during the Vietnam War complained about leeches, mosquitoes, and snakes, but those triple-canopy jungles also teemed with tigers, elephants, and monkeys.…