Silk Road Development Weekly – January 21, 2019
The Belt & Road And Beyond
All the latest news from China’s Belt & Road Initiative, then some
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- China, The US And The Great ASEAN Infrastructure Race (World Economic Forum)
- Project Of The Century: How The Belt & Road Initiative Will Impact The Eurasian Region (Modern Diplomacy)
- China’s Belt & Road Investment Increases In 2018 (Global Times)
- Guterres Affirms UN Role In China Proposed Belt & Road (China.Org)
- China Boasts Belt & Road Achievements Amid Trade Tension With US (Trade Winds)
- Pentagon Warns Of Global Power Play Behind Chinese Projects (South China Morning Post)
- Corruption Flows Along China’s Belt & Road (CSIS)
- 1MDB Probe Shines Uncomfortable Light On China’s Belt & Road (Asia Nikkei)
- Belt & Road Initiative: Promise And Perils (NewsClick)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative Faces Obstacles In 2019 (RFA)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative May Have Its Flaws, But Some Critics Are Taking It Too Far (South China Morning Post)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiative And Its Energy Security Dimensions (Natural Gas World)
- China’s Largest Home Sharing Platform Xiaozhu Rides The Train Of The Belt & Road (Travel Daily Asia)
- China Southern Airlines Is Largest Carrier Along One Belt One Road (Blue Swan Daily)
Finance
- Economic Outlook Of China Belt & Road In 2019 (Belt & Road Ventures)
- Equitativa, HK Group To Set Up New Belt & Road REIT (Trade Arabia)
- Russia Swaps US Dollar For Chinese RMB; Holds 25% Of Global Reserves (Russia Briefing)
- Countries Are Reducing Belt & Road Investments Over Financing Fears (CNBC)
- China’s Inclusion In MSCI Benchmark Equity Index Spells New Risks For Investors (RW)
Regional
- Germany Plans China-EU Summit In 2020 To Discuss Trade, Belt & Road (Sputnik)
- Chinese Companies Look To Invest In UK (China Daily)
- China Launches Belt & Road Research Centre In Egypt (Breitbart)
- Nigeria’s MoU On The Belt & Road Initiative (The Day)
- Kenya’s Mombassa Port Is Reportedly Collateral For The Country’s Railway Loans From China (RW)
- UAE Investors Can Pick Up Some Belt & Road Action (Gulf News)
- Everybody’s Friend? Damdin Tsogbaatar, Mongolia’s Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Russia Today)
- 70 Per Cent Of Organisations In SouthEast Asia Worries About Belt & Road Initiative (ANI)
- Examining Belt & Road Debt Trap Controversies In The Philippines (Jamestown)
- What Lies Ahead For The Philippines On China’s Belt & Road Initiative? (Business World)
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
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