Silk Road Development Weekly – December 31, 2018

The Belt & Road And Beyond.

Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Analysis & Opinion

• A Preview Of Your Chinese Future (Foreign Policy)
• Brave New World Made In China (The Trumpet)
• What Is Made In China 2025 And Why Has It Made People So Nervous? (China Briefing)
• America Competes With China’s Belt & Road (NTD)
• China Is Counting On Its Trade Surplus In Its Battle For Supremacy (MarketWatch)
• China Warned To ‘Assess And Prevent Risks’ When Pushing Belt & Road Projects (South China Morning Post)
• How China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy Came Under Siege In 2018 (Quartz)
• Beijing’s Big Bad Year (Foreign Policy)
• Xi Jinping’s Plan For China To Dominate The World (Bloomberg)
• Understanding China: New Growth Drivers And Opportunities For Cooperation (China.Org)
• Trans-Eurasian One Belt One Road: Business Approach To Develop Rail (Global Railway Review)

Finance

• Will China Seize Prized Port If Kenya Can’t Pay Back Its Belt & Road Loans? (South China Morning Post)
• Russian Banks Eying Up Chinese Market Potential As Bilateral Trade Increases (China Briefing)
• Planning Ministry Clarifies News Article On CPEC Debt (The News)

Regional

• China’s Icy Silk Road: Beijing’s Ambitions To Use Arctic Circle For Military & Economic Goals (Epoch Times)
• China’s GPS Rival Extends Its Reach To Europe And Africa (Fortune)
• More Sanctions Please: Russia-EU Trade Turnover Surges By Almost 22% (Russia Today)
• Russia-India Trade Turnover To Surge Threefold By 2025 (Russia Today)
• US Withdrawal From Syria Leaves China’s Plans For Investment Up In The Air (South China Morning Post)
• US Sees Africa as A Stage In Its Confrontation With China (Financial Times)
• Algeria To Innovate In Infrastructures As It Vows To Join China’s Belt & Road Initiative (African Daily Voice)
• Integration Without Liberation In Central Asia (East Asia Forum)
• China Applauds Maldives For Continued Commitment To Belt & Road Initiative (Raajjemv)
• How Long Can India Sit Out China’s Belt & Road Initiative? (Al Arabiya)
• EU Welcomes Indian Participation For Its Proposed Connectivity Projects (Economic Times)
• Ties Between India And China ‘Back On Track’ (Deccan Chronicle)
• India Proposes Setting Up Free Trade Zones For Russian Investors (India Briefing)
• Japan And China Could Be About To Forge An Alliance That Will Shield Them From The Coming Recession (South China Morning Post)
• Panama Could Soon Become China’s Gateway To Latin America Thanks To An Imminent Free Trade Agreement (LSE)
• How Chinese Interests And Money Have Revived Brazil’s Ambitious Amazon Rail Network (PS Mag)

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