Silk Road Development Weekly – October 29, 2018
All the latest from the Belt and Road and beyond.
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- The Digital Payment Revolution Across One Belt One Road (Fintech News)
- A String Of Fake Pearls – The Question Of Chinese Port Access In The Indian Ocean (The Diplomat)
- Trade With Belt & Road Countries Exceeds US$860 Billion (Asia Times)
- A Critical Look At China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative (International Viewpoint)
- Logistics And The Belt & Road Initiative – A Market Survey (Global Trade Magazine)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Reconnecting Asia)
- The Chinese Belt & Road Initiative In Historic Perspectuve (Second Line Of Defence)
- How To Travel The $800 Billion Silk Road (Bloomberg)
- A Chronicle Of Dunhuang: From Silk Road To Belt & Road (People’s Daily)
- Belt, Road Aims For Shared Development (ECNS)
- Is The Crown Jewel Of The Belt & Road Losing Its Shine? (The Diplomat)
- Why Countries Are Turning Against China’s Belt & Road (Foreign Affairs)
- Belt & Roadblocks: India’s Stance Vindicated As China’s Grandiose BRI Plans Run Into Resistance (Times Of India)
- Trapped In The Middle Of The US-China Cold War (BBC)
Finance
- AIIB Draws Up Transport Strategy (The Asset)
- AIIB Itching To Link Up More With Private Capital (Finance Asia)
- Dollar Constraints May Lead To More Multilateral Approach For China’s Belt & Road (Chatham House)
- Belt & Road Commercial Banks Needs Financing Flexibiity (IFLR)
- Singapore Launches Regional Investment Agency To Broker Asian Infrastructure Deals (South China Morning Post)
- NBP, ICBC Sign Belt & Road Cooperation Framework Agreement (APP)
Legal
- Dying M&A’s Haunt China Based Foreign Lawyers But Belt & Road Offers Hope (Caixin)
- Interview With Cayman Finance (China Business Law Journal)
- China Tackles Dispute Resolution Head On In Light Of One Belt One Road (China Law & Practice)
Regional
- Europe’s Emerging Approach To China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Carnegie)
- Europe’s New Transport Strategy – Friend Or Foe Of The Belt & Road? (The Asset)
- BRI: Time For The West To Engage (Brink)
- Bulgarian Government Cancels Tender Process For Plovdiv Airport (The Asset)
- Russia Cements Central Asian Silk Road Initiative With Uzbekistan Deals (Russia Briefing)
- The Remote Omani Fishing Village Of Duqm Is Rising From The Desert As China Strategically Invests (Al Bawaba)
- Along The New Silk Road – Khorgos Where East Meets West (Geographical)
- China, Myanmar Rail Companies Reviving Belt And Road Initiative Project (Stratfor)
- Africa Cancels A Belt & Road initiative Project For The First Time (Economic Times)
- Botched Chinese Railway Project In Africa Is A Warning To Belt & Road Investors (South China Morning Post)
- Victoria Signs MoU To Join China’s Controversial Global Trade initiative (ABC)
