Silk Road Development Weekly – September 10, 2018
All the latest news and opinion from the Belt and Road and beyond.
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- The West’s Difficult China Choice (The Diplomat)
- Why China’s Highly Strategic Brand Of Revisionism Is More Challenging Than Washington Thinks (Macropolo)
- Trump Trade War On China May Have Perverse Reactions (CNBC)
- The US Can Counter China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Washington Post)
- Facing A Trade War And Bumps Along The Belt & Road, China May Have To Revisit The Costs Of Its Grand Plan (South China Morning Post)
- The Linkages Between China’s Global Military Ambitions And The Belt & Road Initiative (The Diplomat)
- China’s One Belt One Road Is One Dimensional Compared With The Maritime Original (News Lens)
- Is The Belt & Road Initiative To Big To Fail? Part 2 (CIMSEC)
- Beijing Insists Its Generosity Over Belt & Road Is Genuine (Asia Nikkei)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative Opens Up Unprecendented Opportunities (Forbes)
- China’s Belt & Road At Age 5 (Japan Times)
- British Loot And China’s Belt & Road (The Diplomat)
- Belt And Road Cooperation Lowers Currency Risk, Boosts Trade (CGTN)
- China’s Belt & Road Is Full Of Holes (CSIS)
- Observations Of An Expat: One Belt, One Road, Lots Of Problems (Lib Dem Voice)
- One Belt, One Road And Lots Of Questions (The What & Why)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative Strays From Course (Axios)
- Belt & Road Is China’s Manifest Destiny (Bangkok Post)
- China Debates The Belt & Road (The Diplomat)
- The Belt & Road Doesn’t Mean Anything To Most Of Us – Here’s Why It Should (The Spin Off)
Finance
- The Trillions Behind China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Bloomberg)
- IMF Official: Belt, Road Initiative Helps Improve Economic Ties In Africa (Global Times)
- UOB Inks MoU With Shanghai Pudong Bank To Target Belt & Road Companies (Business Times)
- CLSA Expansion Plan Is Simple: Go Where China Goes (South China Morning Post)
- ADGM Signs MoU To Support Belt & Road Initiative (Gulf Today)
- Chinas Belt & Road Initiative Opens Up Unprecendented Opportunities (Goldseek)
- Rethinking Belt & Road Debt (Yale)
Legal
Hi-Tech
- Chinese Blockchain Agreement To Bolster Silk Road (Port Technology)
- Beyond Tech Transfer: The Challenge Of Chinese Tech Expanding Abroad (The Diplomat)
Regional
- Turkic Council Ready To Push Forward Chinese Belt & Road Initiative (Caspian News)
- The Russia Piles (Russia Knowledge)
- Jordanian Ministry Prepared To Resume Freight Rail Plan (Jordan Times)
- It’s Africa’s Choice – Africom Or The New Silk Roads (Asia Times)
- A New Silk Road Connects Two Old Continents In A Modern Age (Channel News Asia)
- Algeria Joins China’s Belt Road Initiative (Sputnik)
- Egypt Strengthens Belt & Road Cooperation
- Djibouti Eager To Be A Key Link In China’s Belt & Road (Asia Nikkei)
- Belt & Road Initiative Critical For Zimbabwe (All Africa)
- China, Kazakhstan To Deepen Cooperation On Belt & Road Construction (People’s Daily)
- Pakistan Rethinks Its Role In China’s Belt & Road Plan (Straits Times)
- Why India Is Boycotting China’s Belt & Road Initiative (CNBC)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative Loses Shine In South Asia (Asia Times)
- Do Axed Infrastructure Projects In Malaysia Spell Trouble For China’s Belt & Road? (World Politics Review)
- Cambodia Has Boosted The Belt & Road To A New High (Khmer Times)
- China Finding Vietnam A Demanding Business Partner (Voice of America)
- South China’s Greater Bay Area: Xi Jinping’s Other Grand Plan (Financial Times)
- How North Korea Fits Into China’s Belt & Road Initiative (NK News)
- Japan Doesn’t Need To Compete With China’s Belt & Road (The Diplomat)
About Us
Silk Road Development Weekly is compiled each week by Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Chairman of Dezan Shira & Associates. The firm has 28 offices throughout Eurasia and assists foreign investors into the region. For strategic advisory and business intelligence issues please contact the firm at silkroad@dezshira.com or visit www.dezshira.com
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