Beijing and its Crimean beachhead
A Chinese quarry and “Katyusha” amid the ruins of Mariupol
Collaboration with a Chinese accent
Belt and Road
Chinese investors’ interest in doing business in Crimea emerged even before Russia’s annexation of the peninsula in 2014. In December 2013, the Ukrainian government signed a memorandum on economic cooperation with a Chinese canal building company belonging to multimillionaire Wang Jing. The firm is known for its ambitious plan to build a shipping canal in Nicaragua that was meant to compete with the Panama Canal — and to advance China’s geopolitical interests.
