Silk Road Development Weekly – April 9, 2019
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- China Moves To Define Belt & Road Projects For The First Time (Straits Times)
- New Rules For Investments Under Belt & Road Initiative (Straits Times)
- Belt & Road Without China? If Competitors Join, It May Just Be Possible (Business Standard)
- How Scary Is The Chinese Belt & Road Initiative? (RFI)
- Belt and Road Initiative: Bangladesh’s Payra shipping port could fall into Chinese hands (Times Now)
- Southeast Asian Chinese could play a fundamental role in BRI (CGTN)
- 10 Amazing Belt & Road Projects (People’s Daily)
- China’s US$10 budget phone maker seeks fortune in Belt and Road countries (South China Morning Post)
- Belt and road sales may keep Boeing aloft (Asia Times)
- China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala (City Metric)
- Nuclear Energy Is A Key Part Of China’s Belt & Road Policy (World Nuclear News)
Finance
- Chinese investment in Australia plummets $5 billion (The New Daily)
- At least sh. 2 trillion will facilitate additional financing by 2020 for Belt and Road initiative (Kenya News Agency)
- China’s foreign energy investments can swing coal and climate future (The Hill)
Regional
- Belt & Road Initiative In Full Swing In Europe (Zero Hedge)
- Is Europe Ready To Become A Part Of The Belt & Road Initiative? (Valdai Club)
- Italy Signs On To Belt & Road Initiative: EU-China Relations At Crossroads? (The Diplomat)
- Washington Reiterates Concern About Italian Belt & Road Initiative (Press TV)
- China Ramps Up Its Cooperation With Saudi Aramco (The Asset)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative Puts A Squeeze On Pakistan (Wall Street Journal)
- China’s Belt and Road Initiative important for Singapore and shipping (Seatrade Maritime News)
- Nepal Widens East-West Highway (The Asset)
- Belt & Road Friend In Need: China And Sri Lanka (Lanka Daily Mirror)
- CRBC Begins Work On Expressway In Cambodia (The Asset)
- Across China, Matchmakers Along The Belt & Road (Xinhua)
- Panama Endorses China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Jamaica Gleaner)
- US Leaders Skip China’s Belt & Road Summit As Financing And Governance Concerns Persist (South China Morning Post)
- Ice Silk Road framework welcomed by countries, sets new direction for Arctic cooperation (Global Times)
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
