Silk Road Development Weekly – December 17, 2018
All the latest news and analyses from the Belt and Road and beyond.
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- President Xi’s Discourses On Belt & Road Published (People’s Daily)
- China Must Calibrate Overseas Lending Towards Paris Climate Goals (Financial Times)
- China’s Belt & Road Initiatives Must Be Based On ‘Peaceful Rise’ Arguments (Eurasia Review)
- India-US-EU Combine Halts China’s Belt & Road Initiative At The UN (The Wire)
- China Likely To Speed Up Belt & Road Projects Amid Trade War (CNBC)
- Sino-US Conflict Moves To Belt & Road (EJ Insight)
- Beijing Shelves ‘Made In China 2025’ Plan But This Long Term Risk Looms
- The Diverging Figures Behind The Belt & Road (Nikkei Asian Review)
- How Asia Fell Out Of Love With China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Straits Times)
- Belt & Road Initiative Set To Bring Opportunity, But Comes With Risks (Phnom Penh Post)
Finance
- Hong Kong Insurance Authority Launches Platform To Help Insurers Tap Belt & Road Projects (South China Morning Post)
- Saudi Arabia Teams Up With UAE To Issue Joint Cryptocurrency (Sputnik)
Regional
- Greek Businessmen Voice Confidence In Sino-Greek Cooperation on Belt & Road (Ports Europe)
- Greek-Chinese Cooperation Under The Belt & Road Initiative (Lekathimerini)
- Serbians Already See Results Of China’s Belt & Road (B92)
- Chinese Researchers Discuss Possibility Of Combining Armenia’s North-South Project With One Belt One Road (Armenpress)
- Silk City: Belt & Road’s Kuwaiti Keystone In The Persian Gulf (Belt & Road Ventures)
- India Stands To Gain By Joining The Belt & Road Initiative (Straits Times)
- CPEC Is A Major Part Of The Belt & Road Initiative (Business Recorder)
- Oikya Front Manifesto: Bangladesh Will Join Projects Under One Belt One Road Initiative (Dhaka Tribune)
- Belt & Road Initiative Puts Islamic Economy At Forefront (Salaam Gateway)
- The Role Of Afghanistan In China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Afghanistan Times)
- Belt Road Construction Will Improve Ecology In Almaty (Kaztag)
- New Zealand Expands Diplomatic Presense In Pacific To Counter China’s Growing Influence (South China Morning Post)
- Niue Mulls Chinese Shipping Tax In Scheme Under Belt & Road (Radio NZ)
- Angola Looks Beyond China For Aid And Investment (Asia Nikkei)
- China Funded Highway Project In Lesotho Dig Starts (The Asset)
- Russia May Participate In Construction Of Trans-African Railway (RT)
- Ecuador Joins China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Global Times)
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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