Silk Road Development Weekly – October 14, 2019
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- A Healthy Fear Of China (New York Times)
- Three Reasons Why The US Should Not Compete With The Belt & Road Initiative (International Policy Digest)
- Bridging The Belt & Road Divide (Carnegie Endowment)
- Understanding China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Business Journalism)
- China Banks On The Belt & Road Initiative (World Highways)
- Silk Road Thinking Outside The State (RailFreight)
- China Slimming Down Belt & Road Initiative New Projects (South China Morning Post)
- China Risks Imperial Image With Belt & Road Initiative (Asia Sentinel)
- Free And Open Indo-Pacific Vision And The Belt & Road Initiative: Can They Co-Exist? (LankaWeb)
- (Anti) Corruption In China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Jakarta Post)
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Finance
- Creation Of Single Financial Market Would Be Advantageous For CIS Countries (TASS)
- Chinese Banking Giant CCB Expands Blockchain Platform As Volume Breaks US$53 Billion (Coin Desk)
Regional
- Russia & China Swallow Up Strategic Businesses In The US Heartland (Irish Times)
- China Russia Bilateral Trade To Expand With Alibaba-Russia E-Commerce JV (Silk Road Briefing)
- First Water Treatment Plant To Be Built In Arctic Settlement (TASS)
- New EU Trade Commissioner Sees More Engagement With China Than US (The Asset)
- Does The World’s Longest Undersea Tunnel Have A China Problem? (Foreign Policy)
- EU Urged To Copy China’s Belt & Road Plan To Engage In Africa (Bloomberg)
- Extension Of Economic Cooperation In CIS Requires Cutting Trade Barriers (TASS)
- EAEU Court Plays Important Role In Eurasian Economic Integration (Inform)
- Should EU Fear Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union? (RFI)
- East-West Corridor: Hard Versus Soft Connectivity (Euractiv)
- Russia’s Free Trade & Special Economic Zones (Russia Briefing)
- Opportunities For British Businesses In Russia – RBCC (Russia Briefing)
- CSCEC Finishes Main Construction Work On Ethiopia Bank HQ (The Asset)
- Beijing Beckons As Babylon Burns (DW)
- Russia To Build US$1 Billion Plant In Saudi Arabia (Russia Today)
- Belt & Road Tests China’s Image In Pakistan (Foreign Policy)
- Pakistan Owes China More Money Than It Owes The IMF (Al Jazeera)
- India’s Increasing Connectivity With Central Asia, Iran & Russia (India Briefing)
- Uzbekistan Looking At Membership Of The Eurasian Economic Union (Silk Road Briefing)
- Not So Fast – Will Uzbekistan Join The Eurasian Economic Union? (The Diplomat)
- Uzbekistan Expects To Sign Free Trade Deal With EAEU By 2021 (UrduPoint)
- Long Traffic Jams At Kyrgyz-Kazak Border: Do We Need The Eurasian Economic Union? (AKI)
- Can Kazakhstan’s China-Backed Financial Hub Boost Belt & Road Funding? (South China Morning Post)
- Mongolia: Dragon At The Doorstep (Channel News Asia)
- Central Asia’s Russian Migration Puzzle (The Diplomat)
- Nepal Eyes Railway Deal With China During Xi Visit (Economic Times)
- Xi Jinping Comes To Nepal Bearing Investments, And India Is Watching (New York Times)
- ‘Demonising’ China Could Backfire On US In South-East Asia (Brookings)
- Don’t Make Us Choose: South-East Asia In Throes Of US-China Rivalry (Brookings)
- FTZ Deal Between Singapore And EAEU To Create New Opportunities For Business (Armenpress)
- Singapore-EAEU FTA Opens Up Asia For Russian Businesses (ASEAN Briefing)
- The Singapore Advantage For Russian Investors (Russia Briefing)
- ADB Supports First Large Scale Floating Solar PV In Vietnam (The Asset)
- Chinese Support Gives Laos Edge Over Powerful Neighbor Vietnam (Voice Of America)
- Kiribati Recognizes China, Joins Belt & Road Initiative (Silk Road Briefing)
- Solomon Islands Recognize China, Join Belt & Road Initiative (Silk Road Briefing)
- China Yangtze Power Makes US$36 Billion Investment In Peru (The Asset)
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
