https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2017/04/03/the-china-london-freight-rail-connection-a-bit-of-silk-road-pr/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:43:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2017/04/03/the-china-london-freight-rail-connection-a-bit-of-silk-road-pr/#comment-36 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:43:41 +0000 http://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=62#comment-36 […] of fun. Even the Chinese didn’t stick an OBOR banner on the recent China-London train “service” which delivered goods into the UK’s Eurorail station in January. That was billed as […]

]]> https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2017/04/03/the-china-london-freight-rail-connection-a-bit-of-silk-road-pr/#comment-19 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:55:26 +0000 http://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=62#comment-19 The containers have been loaded up again, apparently with British goods, and has departed back to China. As it arrived in mid-January, that’s a turn-around time of three months. The media and China-Britain Business Council are heralding it as a big success but really? Come on. It’s a fun diversion but you can’t maintain healthy trade by relying on 4 rail crossings a year.

]]> https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2017/04/03/the-china-london-freight-rail-connection-a-bit-of-silk-road-pr/#comment-4 Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:35:14 +0000 http://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=62#comment-4 @Americanlambord: Not just rail, but roads and ports as well. There’s plenty of South-East Asian and African nations that are sporting brand new highways and ports due to Chinese finance. See: http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2013/03/27/china-the-great-infrastructure-developer.html
Best regards;
Chris

]]> https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2017/04/03/the-china-london-freight-rail-connection-a-bit-of-silk-road-pr/#comment-3 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:52:51 +0000 http://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=62#comment-3 China has also used railways as a diplomatic tool overseas. Chinese domestic train manufacturers have targeted emerging markets in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia for rail-related orders while also bidding for high-profile contracts in the developed world.

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