Silk Road Development Weekly – March 18, 2019
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- China Calls For US And European Companies To Join Belt & Road (Straits Times)
- For Countries Around The World, China’s Belt & Road Initiative Has More Pros Than Cons (South China Morning Post)
- Check The Small Print, Urges Senior British Diplomat To Belt Road Nations (The Asset)
- Responding To Misgivings About The Belt & Road Initiative (CGTN)
- What To Know About China’s Controversial Belt & Road Initiative That’s Targetting Europe (Forbes)
- US Says China’s Belt & Road Project Has Problems With Corruption, Debt, Opacity And Environmental Damage (Hong Kong Free Press)
- Belt & Road Essay Contest: Share Your Story (CGTN)
Finance
- Japan To Propose G20 Aid Rules To Check China’s Belt & Road (Asia Nikkei)
- China Eases European Investment Levels In 2018 (The Asset)
- Ownership Change Puts OOCL On China’s Belt & Road Map (Trade Winds)
- Fund Mulled To Support Belt, Road Projects (People’s Daily)
Regional
- Is China’s Belt & Road Initiative An Attack On European Unity? (RFI)
- German Opposition To Italy’s Belt & Road Deal With China “Unfair” (South China Morning Post)
- Italy’s MoU With China On Belt & Road Project “A Storm In A Teacup” (Reuters)
- Italy And The Belt & Road Initiative (Eurasia Review)
- Italy Misses The Point On China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Asia News)
- Draft Italy Belt & Road MoU Has Broad Outlines, Few Specifics (Reuters)
- Italy Can’t Keep Both China And Donald Trump Happy (Bloomberg)
- How Trieste Could Become The Singapore Of The Adriatic (Splash 247)
- After Italy, Malta Says Its Looking At China’s Belt & Road Plan (CNBC)
- Italy Slammed For Thinking About China’s Belt & Road Initiative But Malta Has Already Signed On (Malta Independent)
- To Make Russia Great Again, Putin Is Building Roads & Bridges (Christian Science Monitor)
- Chinese Private Businesses Mull Involving Crimea In Belt & Road Initiative (TASS)
- Russian Rumbles On Belt & Road (JOC)
- One Belt One Road A Proper Ground For Iran-China All Our Relations (Tehran Times)
- Iran Ready To Boost Ties With China Within One Belt One Road (IFP)
- One Belt One Road, A Path To Economic Resiliance (Tehran Times)
- The Belt & Road Initiative In The Gulf: Building “Oil Roads” To Prosperity (MEI)
- US, China Clash Over Belt & Road In Afghan Resolution (Voice of America)
- US-China Belt & Road Row Weakens UN Resolution On Afghanistan (South China Morning Post)
- China-Malaysia Relations – Hedging Within The Belt & Road Initiative (Belt & Road Ventures)
- Mahatir Points Way Forward For Beijing On Belt & Road Projects (South China Morning Post)
- Belt & Road Still Holds Promise (Malaysia Star)
- Belt & Road Cooperation Brings Benefits To Sri Lanka, Instead Od Debt Trap (Hellenic Shipping News)
- Sinohydro To Build US$237 million sewage treatment plants in Zimbabwe (The Asset)
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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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