Silk Road Development Weekly – December 03, 2018
All the latest from the Belt and Road and beyond.
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- How the Belt and Road Initiative Could Reduce Trade Costs (Vox)
- Global Shipping and Logistics Chains Reshaped as China’s Belt and Road Dreams Take Off (Channel News Asia)
- China’s Belt and Road Plan is a Lesson for the West in How to Reframe the Global Growth Model (South China Morning Post)
- China’s Belt and Road Initiative and What it Means to Sign On (ABC)
- Making Geopolitics Relevant: One Belt, Road and Query at a Time (Recorded Future)
- The Forces Needed to Protect the Belt and Road (Lowy Institute)
- Security Forces May Accompany China’s Belt and Road Abroad (Maritime Executive)
- China’s Belt and Road Initiative is Poised to Transform the Clean Energy Industry (Brookings)
- China, UK Publish Guidelines to Make Belt and Road Construction Greener (Xinhua)
- Global Health Disruptors: The Belt and Road Initiative (BMJ)
Finance
- Debt Trap Diplomacy – Faultlines in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (ORF)
- Beijing Needs to Take Belt and Road Worries of Nations on Board (South China Morning Post)
- Eurasian Economic Union De-Dollarizes 70 Percent of its 2018 Trade (Russia Briefing)
- Renminbi Internationalization Gathers Pace (The Asset)
- SGX Launches World’s First High Grade Iron Ore Derivatives in Tie-Up to Develop Belt and Road Related Indices (Straits Times)
Regional
- China Seeks Allies in Spain and Portugal Despite EU Reservations (Euractiv)
- Spain Rejects China’s Silk Road Plan (Business Times)
- China is Targeting Europe’s Most Vulnerable Countries for Belt and Road Debt Traps (Breitbart)
- China, UK Enjoy Enormous Potential; Promising Prospects in Building BRI (GlobalTimes)
- Russia, Norway to Develop Arctic Electric Road (Russia Briefing)
- China, Russia, and the Case of the Missing Bridge (Belt & Road Ventures)
- Qatar Seen Playing a Key Role in China’s Belt and Road Plans (Gulf Times)
- Tanzania Government is Fully Behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative (IPP Media)
- Belt and Road Initiative is Vehicle to Tanzania’s Industrialization Drive (Xinhua)
- Belt and Road in Rwanda: Private Sector Leads the Way (Belt & Road Ventures)
- Indo-Pacific Nations Wavering under Weight of China’s One Belt One Road (Mainichi)
- Maldives: China Overcharging for Belt and Road Projects (Breitbart)
- Where Sri Lanka Fits in China’s BRI Plans (Splash247)
- Sri Lanka Signs More Belt and Road Deals after China Seizes Major Port (Breitbart)
- India Struggles to Compete with China’s Digital Silk Road (The Diplomat)
- Philippines, China Set Out 10 Year Infrastructure Co-Operation Program (ABS-CBN)
- Philippines MoU with China on the Belt and Road Initiative (Global Nation)
- Panama the New Flash Point in China’s Growing Presence in Latin America (The Guardian)
Podcasts
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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