Libya

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Libya
Population:	6.2mn.
GNI, $ :	55.6bn.
Debt:	4.6bn.
Overview:	With a history of flirting with Taiwan, Libya has recently criticised Chinese investment in Africa and blocked the purchase of oil assets by the CNPC.

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Found 9 articles.

Vol 4 No 12
October 2011

Rebuilding relations

The National Transitional Council (NTC) has finally formed a government, which should kickstart Libya’s reconstruction despite the fact that loyalists to former leader Moammar el Gadaffi are still holding out in Sirte. Countries with billions of dolla...

Vol 4 No 12
October 2011

Mustafa Abdel Jalil

Chairman, National Transitional Council, Libya

Vol 4 No 9
July 2011

Castles made of sand

Instability in the Middle East and North Africa has put pressure on China’s non-interference principle, pushing it into more pragmatic territory

Vol 4 No 8
June 2011

Strategic depth charge

On 23 May Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Abdullah Gül and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held talks in Ankara with the Chairman of the Libyan Interim Transitional National Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil. Negotiations focused on Libya’s tra...

Vol 4 No 5
March 2011

Beijing and Delhi change tack

The crisis in Libya is exposing foreign policy contradictions across the world – including among Asia’s rising powers

Vol 4 No 5
March 2011

Solid foundations

Chinese traders in Tripoli are watching closely to see how the Western-led attacks on Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi’s regime will affect business in the short term. South Korean and Chinese companies are amongst the top recipients of Libyan construction cont...

Vol 3 No 10
August 2010

Gadaffi guns for Seoul's spy

An espionage row is holding up progress on a US$438 million project.

Vol 3 No 2
December 2009

Musa Kusa

Foreign Affairs Minister, Libya

Vol 1 No 10
August 2008

Three is a crowd

Efforts by Kenya to push a compromise over a refineries contract between companies from Libya and India over oil are proving messy

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