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China-designed nuclear power technology 'Hualong One' takes roots overseas
July 21, 2015

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"Hualong One" third generation nuclear power technology was jointly developed by two nuclear power giants: China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN). It won a technological innovation award on the achievements exhibition of the integration of China’s military and civilian defense Industry on July 18, 2015, according to Xinhua news agency.

Hualong One technology is a world-level domestically-developed third generation reactor design. At present, CGN is actively promoting nuclear cooperation with nearly 20 countries in places that include the United Kingdom, Argentina, Egypt, Brazil, Europe, Latin America, Africa and South Asia. "Hualong One" has taken roots overseas.

The first unit of Hualong One nuclear power reactor achieved an equipment localization rate of 85 percent, with a design life of 60 years. It is estimated that a single unit of Hualong One nuclear power reactor will create 150,000 jobs and about 100 million yuan output value.
 
China to build two nuclear power plants in Iran

IANS | Tehran

July 22, 2015
Last Updated at 15:26 IST

China will build two new nuclear power plants (NPP) in Iran, the media reported quoting Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy organisation of Iran.

"We will simultaneously launch construction of four new nuclear power plants in the country in the next two-three years. We plan to engage more than 20,000 workers and engineers in this large-scale construction," Salehi said.

Iran currently has stores amounting to around 90 tonnes of heavy water and around seven-eight tonnes of Uranium, he said.

"In accordance with the joint action plan (on Iran's nuclear programme), the future of stored uranium will be decided in the next four-five months," Salehi said.

On Monday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the agreement on Iran's nuclear programme. All international sanctions will be lifted from Iran in 10 years if Tehran fulfills all conditions agreed with the P5+1 group of international mediators in Vienna.

The resolution also envisages easing sanctions against Iran after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) submits a report confirming Tehran's compliance with the terms of the deal.

The UN Security Council also reinforced the mechanism of restoring all restrictions in case Iran violates the terms of the agreement.


China to build two nuclear power plants in Iran | Business Standard News
 
Obama speaks to China's Xi, thanks him for role in nuclear deal with Iran

Associated PressJuly 21, 2015 | 9:55 a.m. EDT+ More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is thanking Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) for China's role in securing the nuclear deal with Iran.

The White House says Obama and Xi spoke Monday, the same day the U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the deal.

China is a permanent member of the Security Council and was part of the group of five Security Council members plus the EU that negotiated the deal with Iran.

The Security Council resolution also approved a provision to automatically reinstate sanctions if Iran cheats. The U.S. had been concerned China or Russia might be reluctant to go along.

The White House says Obama and Xi agreed cooperation between the U.S. and China is critical to the deal's implementation.

Xi plans to visit the White House in September.


Obama thanks China's leader for role in Iran nuclear deal - US News
 
Obama speaks to China's Xi, thanks him for role in nuclear deal with Iran

Associated PressJuly 21, 2015 | 9:55 a.m. EDT+ More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is thanking Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) for China's role in securing the nuclear deal with Iran.

The White House says Obama and Xi spoke Monday, the same day the U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the deal.

China is a permanent member of the Security Council and was part of the group of five Security Council members plus the EU that negotiated the deal with Iran.

The Security Council resolution also approved a provision to automatically reinstate sanctions if Iran cheats. The U.S. had been concerned China or Russia might be reluctant to go along.

The White House says Obama and Xi agreed cooperation between the U.S. and China is critical to the deal's implementation.

Xi plans to visit the White House in September.


Obama thanks China's leader for role in Iran nuclear deal - US News

Many problems of the world cannot be solved without China's active involvement, which is why Obama appreciated Zhongguo's role. It's also one of the reasons why I celebrated the successful deal because here, China and the US worked together as partners, not opponents, to find a reasonable solution.
 
July 21, 2015

The Sino-Iranian Tango

Why the Nuclear Deal is Good for China

By Michael Singh
The recent nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) will have major implications for security in the Middle East. But the impact of the deal will be much wider.

Just how wide was demonstrated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who, even before the official press conference announcing that the agreement had been concluded, declared that the deal obviated any need for NATO missile defenses in Europe, which have long been a point of contention between the United States and Russia. The deal will also likely lead to billions of dollars of investment by India in Iran’s southern port of Chabahar, long-awaited progress on a gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan, and perhaps even the provision of Iranian gas to a Europe eager to reduce its energy dependence on Russia.

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai, May 21, 2014.

The biggest impact of all, however, may be on China. Iran and China have long-standing ties that are free of the historical baggage that complicates Tehran’s relations with Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Modern Sino-Iranian relations predate U.S. President Richard Nixon’s opening to China, and China has been an indispensable security partner to Iran, including by supplying it with arms and, as Orde Kittrie noted in another article for Foreign Affairs, by providing it with key nuclear components.

Thanks to the two countries’ historically close relations and their mutual suspicion of the United States, many well-regarded China scholars expected China to play a spoiler role in the talks. But by all accounts, Chinese involvement was constructive. Beijing’s approach may have been motivated by a desire to shape a diplomatic outcome to head off either of two undesirable outcomes: a U.S.-Iranian war that could endanger China’s oil imports from the Persian Gulf or a U.S.-Iranian rapprochement that could leave that waterway ringed by American partners. Like Iran, China also likely sought the reversal of American sanctions, which in recent years threatened not only Chinese nuclear and arms exporters but more strategically important institutions such as Chinese banks and oil giants.

Throughout the nuclear negotiations, China was careful to maintain close ties with Iran from within the P5+1, shielding the country from the effects of sanctions resolutions even as it voted in favor of them at the United Nations. Chinese-Iranian trade increased from about $3 billion in 2001 to over $50 billion in 2014 (the precise number is difficult to determine), and Chinese oil imports from Iran rose in 2014 and 2015 to their highest levels ever, after temporarily declining in 2012–13.

Sino-Iranian security ties also continued to expand during the period of negotiations, and they went well beyond nuclear and arms exports. Chinese fighter jets reportedly refueled in Iran in 2010, and Chinese warships paid a visit to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 2014—both firsts. Additionally, China at least indirectly supported Iran’s regional agenda by vetoing multiple UN Security Council resolutions on Syria.

The recently concluded nuclear deal will allow the already strong Chinese-Iranian relationship to expand unfettered. U.S., European, and UN sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear activities—including the extraterritorial sanctions that, in effect, targeted Chinese entities—will be lifted or suspended, controlled nuclear exports will be permitted, and even restrictions on the provision of arms and missile technology to Iran will be terminated in no more than five and eight years, respectively. And Iran will be actively seeking international partners to help it translate the deal into greater economic and diplomatic clout in its neighborhood and beyond.

Sino-Iranian security ties also continued to expand during the period of negotiations, and they went well beyond nuclear and arms exports. Chinese fighter jets reportedly refueled in Iran in 2010, and Chinese warships paid a visit to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 2014—both firsts. Additionally, China at least indirectly supported Iran’s regional agenda by vetoing multiple UN Security Council resolutions on Syria.

The recently concluded nuclear deal will allow the already strong Chinese-Iranian relationship to expand unfettered. U.S., European, and UN sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear activities—including the extraterritorial sanctions that, in effect, targeted Chinese entities—will be lifted or suspended, controlled nuclear exports will be permitted, and even restrictions on the provision of arms and missile technology to Iran will be terminated in no more than five and eight years, respectively. And Iran will be actively seeking international partners to help it translate the deal into greater economic and diplomatic clout in its neighborhood and beyond.

For Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Iran deal could not have come at a better time. His “One Belt, One Road” initiative envisions a chain of energy, infrastructure, and maritime links from East Asia extending to Europe through the Middle East and Central Asia. Iran’s location at the crossroads between these regions makes its participation in the initiative important for Beijing.

For its part, Tehran, unlike Arab states that have been more skeptical of the Chinese initiative, has expressed enthusiasm about the “One Belt, One Road” plan. The Barack Obama administration has been at pains to point out that Iran’s domestic investment needs stand at $500 billion, a sum far greater than the $100 billion to $150 billion in unfrozen assets Tehran is likely to receive once the nuclear deal is implemented. Left unsaid is where the rest of the money will come from. Beijing, which recently pledged to invest $46 billion in an “economic corridor” in Pakistan and tens of billions of dollars to capitalize the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, will likely be happy to chip in. An Iranian deputy minister claimed last year that China had already pledged to double its infrastructure investment in Iran to $52 billion.

A good deal of that future investment by China may well focus on Iran’s energy sector. Prior to the imposition of oil export restrictions on Iran, Tehran was China’s third-largest supplier of crude; as of 2014, it came in sixth. Even with sanctions lifted, Beijing may hesitate to increase the proportion of its oil imports that comes from Iran out of a concern about becoming too dependent on any single source. Yet China’s upstream investment in the Iranian energy sector may increase nevertheless, in large part to bolster Chinese energy security. Iran is unlikely to be swayed by any future Western political pressure to curtail oil exports to China, and Iran is the only country whose location would allow overland Chinese pipelines to reach the energy-rich Persian Gulf and thus reduce Beijing’s vulnerability to the disruption of maritime chokepoints such as the Straits of Hormuz and Malacca.

TIED UP

As much as Chinese-Iranian economic cooperation may benefit from the nuclear deal, the potential for growth in their strategic ties may be even greater. Iran, confronted by challenging regional crises and seeking to expand its regional influence, will need powerful external partners; the likely candidates are Russia and China, but the latter’s capacity to help far outstrips the former’s.

As a recently released military white paper makes clear, China is seeking to expand its forces’ ability to “effectively secure China’s overseas interests.” This has manifested in Chinese warships’ participation in counterpiracy missions in the region, the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s evacuation of thousands of Chinese nationals from Libya in 2011—the first operation of its kind by China—and Beijing’s reported plan to establish a naval facility in Djibouti. As Beijing seeks to expand its power and influence, Iran is a logical partner. It is the only large, powerful state in the region not already allied with the United States, and it sits astride land and sea routes of vital importance to Beijing. Little wonder, therefore, that in October 2014, the Chinese defense minister publicly expressed Beijing’s desire to expand military ties with Iran (a sentiment Iran has reciprocated by inviting China to expand its naval presence in Iran), and that China’s top counterterrorism official recently visited Iran to seek expanded cooperation against extremists.

The growth in Sino-Iranian economic and security ties could prove challenging for the United States. China and Iran both appear committed to chipping away at the existing U.S.-led international order. China has established regional security and economic institutions that compete with those dominated by the United States and its allies, and Iran has vocally challenged the authority of the UN Security Council and U.S. hegemony in the Middle East. Furthermore, both enjoy alliances of convenience with Russia, which similarly competes with the United States.

Increased Sino-Iranian cooperation would not be a mere diplomatic nuisance, however. As sanctions on Iran lifted, China has the capacity—through military assistance, economic investment, and the transfer of technology—to facilitate Iran’s rise as a regional power. Given Iran’s record of working through proxies, Chinese assistance could also indirectly strengthen nonstate actors supported by Iran. And Iran can offer China a strategically important foothold in the Middle East, should it choose to challenge U.S. influence there.

But a deeper alliance with Iran could also pose problems for China. Iran is notoriously difficult to work with, even for countries with which it would seem to share interests in common. For example, in April 2014, Iran canceled a $2.5 billion contract with the China National Petroleum Corporation, even as Iranian diplomats were urging the expansion of Sino-Iranian economic ties. Such difficulties may grow as sanctions are lifted and Iran’s alternatives to Chinese firms expand. Another obstacle to Sino-Iranian ties will be Iran’s support for terrorist groups such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Taliban, which Beijing worries could pose a threat to its own interests.

Furthermore, increasing ties with Iran could frustrate China’s efforts to expand its economic partnerships with other regional states, especially Israel and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which see Iran as a chief rival. Iran is an important supplier of oil for China, but Saudi Arabia remains its top source of crude imports. As these states and Iran contend for regional influence, China could be increasingly pressed to choose sides.

The U.S. response to deepening Sino-Iranian ties will likely lean heavily on coercive diplomacy—persuading Beijing of the downsides of facilitating Iranian regional behavior, while imposing costs on any Chinese entities that contribute to prohibited Iranian activities such as the provision of arms to proxies. U.S. allies in the region—especially the countries China wants to cultivate as economic partners as part of its “One Belt, One Road” plan—can help influence Beijing’s approach. The context for such actions is also important; the stronger the U.S. alliance system and security architecture in the region, the less likely Iran and China may be to challenge it. And the greater the extent to which China can be persuaded to avoid adopting a zero-sum mindset and instead see the U.S. order as a benefit to its interests, the better.

But what the United States should not do, as it weighs the costs and benefits of the nuclear agreement with Iran, is neglect the accord’s wider implications, which stretch well beyond the battlefields of the Middle East.

Michael Singh | Why the Nuclear Deal is Good for China
 
China to build two nuclear power plants in Iran

IANS | Tehran

July 22, 2015
Last Updated at 15:26 IST

China will build two new nuclear power plants (NPP) in Iran, the media reported quoting Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy organisation of Iran.

"We will simultaneously launch construction of four new nuclear power plants in the country in the next two-three years. We plan to engage more than 20,000 workers and engineers in this large-scale construction," Salehi said.

Iran currently has stores amounting to around 90 tonnes of heavy water and around seven-eight tonnes of Uranium, he said.

"In accordance with the joint action plan (on Iran's nuclear programme), the future of stored uranium will be decided in the next four-five months," Salehi said.

On Monday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the agreement on Iran's nuclear programme. All international sanctions will be lifted from Iran in 10 years if Tehran fulfills all conditions agreed with the P5+1 group of international mediators in Vienna.

The resolution also envisages easing sanctions against Iran after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) submits a report confirming Tehran's compliance with the terms of the deal.

The UN Security Council also reinforced the mechanism of restoring all restrictions in case Iran violates the terms of the agreement.


China to build two nuclear power plants in Iran | Business Standard News

@haman10 , @Serpentine , @SOHEIL , friends? Your opinion? The nuclear detente seems to be bearing fruits already!
 
Signing contracts with China is sanction-free on top of great value for money products

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It still needs to make full arrangement. Last time, America sactioned Iran oil export, and banking, we can't pay the oil money to Iran, because one Chinese accepting bank ( Kunlun bank) was also sanctioned by America. America control the US dollar transfer.

China-Russia oil trade is saction-free, because we use rmb and rouble. In the case, Iran can't rid dollar payment, so we strongly need America's cooperation and get big banks like ICBC or China Bank into business.
 
It still needs to make full arrangement. Last time, America sactioned Iran oil export, and banking, we can't pay the oil money to Iran, because one Chinese accepting bank ( Kunlun bank) was also sanctioned by America. America control the US dollar transfer.

China-Russia oil trade is saction-free, because we use rmb and rouble. In the case, Iran can't rid dollar payment, so we strongly need America's cooperation and get big banks like ICBC or China Bank into business.

You have partially answered my point. Thanks
The "Kunlun bank" fiasco was caught by America in the midst of historical sanctions

We can start trading with Iran just like what we are doing with Russia or through barter or through RMB / a neutral currency (that wlll increase transaction costs awkwardly)
Dont get any of our (or Iran's) banks which have their license of operations in USA (or its allys ) involved in the transactions otherwise we and Iran can be fined heavily if Iran/US relationship worsens, the Almighty forbid

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You have partially answered my point. Thanks
The "Kunlun bank" fiasco was caught by America in the midst of historical sanctions

We can start trading with Iran just like what we are doing with Russia or through barter or through RMB / a neutral currency (that wlll increase transaction costs awkwardly)
Dont get any of our (or Iran's) banks which have their license of operations in USA (or its allys ) involved in the transactions otherwise we and Iran can be fined heavily if Iran/US relationship worsens, the Almighty forbid

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Exactly. Small countries that try to bypass USD like Libya get bombed. Countries like China, Russia can bypass USD. I
 
And not only we can construct nuclear plants for the Iranians, but also there are a myrid of products "Made in China" out of which the Iranian consumers can choose from such as these established brand-names world wide:

Building your nation-wide communication grid by

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Huawei - Building A Better Connected World



Build your hi-efficiency electricity network by
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The world's largest air-con manufacturing company

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GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES,INC.OF ZHUHAI


A global company which can offer a full line of household electrical appliances

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China | Haier Global | Haier Group


or when you are considering for smart and hi quality flat back TVs

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Hisense

or buying a second car from:

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Great Wall Motors Company Limited | Worldwide Official Website

And of course to choose these electronic products, mobile phones, personal computers etc from

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and a lot more which I can further post them here if time/space permits

Go happy shopping in / from China our honourable guests!

And of course please dont forget our Railway system!
 
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