Chinese premier announces construction of Yarlung Zangbo hydropower project

NYINGCHI, Xizang, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced Saturday the start of the construction of a hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River.

Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the announcement while attending a groundbreaking ceremony in Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The groundbreaking ceremony took place at the dam site of Nyingchi's Mainling hydropower station. Representatives from various organizations, including the National Development and Reform Commission and the Power Construction Corporation of China, spoke at the ceremony.

The ceremony was also attended by members of an expert advisory committee for the construction of the hydropower project, as well as representatives of local residents.

The project will consist of five cascade hydropower stations, with a total investment estimated at around 1.2 trillion yuan (about 167.8 billion U.S. dollars).

The project will primarily deliver electricity for external consumption while also addressing local demand in Xizang.

A ceremony has recently been held in Beijing to inaugurate the China Yajiang Group Co., Ltd. for the smooth construction and operation of the hydropower project. Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the inauguration ceremony. ■

She meant the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and not the drone maker, presumably.

Taiwan does it as well

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The UK's "Chancellor of the Exchequer" Rachel Reeves is currently in China for the 11th China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue:

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No one. They only recognize like 60 out 200 countries that exist.

Oops I didn't see you reposted here so I'll post my response here as well.

I can think of a a few reasons they would do this. Bhutan is an Indian vassal (although less so now than in the past) so this could put pressure on India to resolve their (China's and India's) border dispute. India has repeatedly refused very advantageous (for India) solutions like the Package Deal, proposed by China multiple times since 1960, where China gets Aksai Chin (with a civilian population of 0 and an area of 38,000 km^2^) and India gets Arunachal Pradesh (with a population of 1.4 million and an area of 83,743 km^2^).

Another reason could be to pressure Bhutan directly for a number of reasons. It could be to get Bhutan to recognize China as a country, which it hasn't done since the founding of the PRC (it doesn't recognize the RoC either). It could be to get Bhutan to stop dragging it's feet (in general it seems that feet-dragging is the default mode of operation of the Bhutanese government) with actually settling the border, which it has also never done. It could also be to get Bhutan to officially give up their claims on their former enclaves inside China, of which there are many, mostly in Tibet but iirc there are a few in other provinces (India also has at least one that it hasn't given up claims on).

I wrote most of this from memory and I'm not super well read on the topic so there are probably some inaccuracies.

Responding to [email protected]'s comment in the last thread.

I can think of a a few reasons they would do this. Bhutan is an Indian vassal (although less so now than in the past) so this could put pressure on India to resolve their (China's and India's) border dispute. India has repeatedly refused very advantageous (for India) solutions like the Package Deal, proposed by China multiple times since 1960, where China gets Aksai Chin (with a civilian population of 0 and an area of 38,000 km^2^) and India gets Arunachal Pradesh (with a population of 1.4 million and an area of 83,743 km^2^).

Another reason could be to pressure Bhutan directly for a number of reasons. It could be to get Bhutan to recognize China as a country, which it hasn't done since the founding of the PRC (it doesn't recognize the RoC either). It could be to get Bhutan to stop dragging it's feet (in general it seems that feet-dragging is the default mode of operation of the Bhutanese government) with actually settling the border, which it has also never done. It could also be to get Bhutan to officially give up their claims on their former enclaves inside China, of which there are many, mostly in Tibet but iirc there are a few in other provinces (India also has at least one that it hasn't given up claims on).

I wrote most of this from memory and I'm not super well read on the topic so there are probably some inaccuracies.

Italy's Meloni signs deal to 'relaunch' ties with China - DW

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is in Beijing to boost ties as concerns of a trade war with Europe grow. The two countries agreed to collaborate on green technology, including electric cars and renewable energy.

Debated whether I should post this here or in /c/the_dunk_tank.

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She's referencing this I'm pretty sure.