How and how much China is advancing in Kurdistan

The article by Giuseppe Gagliano

China is also advancing in Kurdistan, as demonstrated by the project called Happy City, which saw an investment of 5 billion dollars.

The project is coordinated by the Chinese company Peking and aims to build new cities and water parks.

From a political point of view, the project is led by the Chinese consul general in Erbil Ni Ruchi, who coordinates with the Erbil investment management, which reports to Saman Arab.

However, the project is currently still standing. It must be remembered that the Emirati company Emaar was unable to win this project.

One of the reasons why the Chinese project has stalled is that the Kurdish authorities have failed to expropriate the owners of the land on which this city should be built. Precisely in order to break this deadlock, China is investing in the energy sector in Kurdistan, especially through the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) and is monitoring its investments through the intelligence of its State Security (Guoanbu).

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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cina-kurdistan-happy-city/ on Sat, 01 Oct 2022 06:18:34 +0000.