Silk Road Development Weekly – November 05, 2018
All the latest from China’s Belt and Road and beyond.
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- Inclusiveness, More Local Partners Key To Better Perceptions Of Belt & Road Initiative (Straits Times)
- Taking The Silk Road To High Tech Growth (Nature)
- Meeting The Challenges Of The Belt & Road (CDR)
- China Maritime Silk Road, Game Changer For Global Transport (Sundiata Post)
- Why Shipping Should Be Worried About China’s Rail Dreams (Splash247)
- Who Should Be Afraid Of The Belt & Road? China (Economic Times)
Finance
- Will The World Bank Push China’s Belt & Road Initiative In The Right Direction? (Devex)
- Hong Kong’s Search For Higher Returns Leads Exchange Fund Down Risky Belt & Road Plan (South China Morning Post)
- Belt & Road Initiative To Boost Opportunities For Islamic Finance (Gulf News)
Media Control
- China Gave Foreign Countries And Journalists Seminars On How To Restrict Online Speech & News Reports (Business Insider)
- Russia, China, Should Be Ready For Creating New Information Channels (Tass)
- Senior CPC Official Calls For Enhanced Media Cooperation Among Belt & Road Countries (Xinhua)
- Russian Deputy PM Calls For Enhanced Media Cooperation In Digital Field With China (Tass)
Regional
- Chinese Convoy Travels Over 13,000 Miles To Drive New Post-Brexit Relations With UK As Part Of President Xi’s Belt & Road Initiative (Response Source)
- Moracica Bridge Project Earmarked For Completion In April 2019 (The Asset)
- Silk Road Leads To New Bucket List Destinations: Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan & Northern Greece (South China Morning Post)
- Russia, India, Iran To Discuss New Transport Route That Could Replace Suez Canal (Sputnik)
- Saudi Footprint In China’s Belt & Road (Tribune)
- Pakistan’s Imran Khan Heads To China, With Major Implications For The Belt & Road Initiative (National Interest)
- Pakistan’s Catch-22: How Can It Keep Chinese Investors Happy, But Alienate The US? (SCMP)
- Nations Fast Track Pakistan Port Plan (China Daily)
- Beijing Engages With Pakistan’s Uighurs In Charm Offensive (Asia Nikkei)
- What Malaysia And Pakistan Could Teach Both China And The US About The Belt & Road Initiative (SCMP)
- Tibet: China To Use Dalai Lama To Persuade Support For The Belt & Road Initiative (UNPO)
- A China Slowdown? More Like An Asian Manufacturing Boom (China Briefing)
- China Picks Philippine Port To Extend Belt & Road Into South Seas (Voice Of America)
- Africa: China’s BRI Execution Gets Massive Boost (All Africa)
- China, PNG Pledge To Further Boost Ties, Cooperation Under Belt & Road (Xinhua)
- Why Has An Australian State Broken Ranks With Canberra To Sign Up To China’s Belt & Road? (South China Morning Post)
- Chile Joins China’s Belt & Road Initiative (China Economic Review)
