Silk Road Development Weekly
All the latest news, opinion and infrastructure developments along the Belt & Silk Road Routes
News & Opinion
- What The Old Silk Road’s Terminus, Quanzhou, Tells Us About The New One (South China Morning Post)
- China Opens Door To EU Influence Through Belt and Road’s Divisive Investments (Washington Times)
- Vision Behind Belt and Road Now Becoming A Reality (Shanghai Daily)
- One Belt, One Road, And Now One Circle (Eurasia Review)
- China’s ‘Belt And Road Initiative’ Is No More Imperial Than Pax Americana (South China Morning Post)
- Decades Of Optimism About China’s Rise Have Been Discarded (The Economist)
- Seeing Belt And Road Initiative As China’s Geo-Strategic Tool Is A Misinterpretation (Xinhua)
- Belt And Road Initiative Not An Imposition But For Shared Benefit (Economic Times)
- Belt and Road Initiative Could Improve Chinese Military Posture, Says US Top General (News 18)
Finance
- China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Hangs Over 8 Economies (Market Watch)
- China’s Mammoth Belt And Road Initiative Could Increase Debt Risk For These Countries (CNBC)
- China’s Authorities More Relaxed About Cross Border Capital Flows (The Asset)
- China Allows Firms To Issue Belt And Road Bonds Via Shanghai, Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (GB Times)
- China To Allow Bond Issuance To Fund Belt & Road Projects (Global Times)
- First ‘Belt and Road’ Asset-Backed Security Gets Go-Ahead (Caixin)
- Russia To Massively Increase Infrastructure Investment In Line With Chinese Spending (Russia Briefing)
Regional
- Difficult European Trek For China’s Belt & Road (Asia Sentinel)
- Freight Train Service Launched Between Urumqi & Naples (Xinhua)
- Belt And Road Initiative To Bring Development In Africa (China.Org)
- Turkey A Gateway To Europe For Modern Silk Road (Daily Sabah)
- Georgia Eyes China’s One Belt One Road To Break Dependence On Russia (Loadstar)
- China to Europe By Way of Azerbaijan’s Trans-Caspian Gateway (The Diplomat)
- Azerbaijani, Iranian Transport Projects May Become Part Of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Trend)
- Chinese Company Signs Rail Deal With Iran (Financial Tribune)
- China Is Pumping Cash Into Pakistan, But That Might Not Convince Other Investors (CNBC)
- Japan’s Belt and Road Puzzle, Decoded (The Diplomat)
- Russian Deputy PM Sees Lack Of Political Accord In Japan On Economic Activity On Kuril Islands (Tass)
- China & Russia – The New Rapprochement (Financial Times)
- Matchmakers See Chinese-Russian Intermarriages As More Links on Belt and Road (Sputnik)
- Rising Foreign Trade Between Inner Mongolia, Belt And Road Countries (China Daily)
- Galaxy Ties Philippines’ Casino To Belt And Road Project (Nikkei Asian Review)
- Benham Rise – The New Frontier In China’s Maritime Ambitions (Nikkei Asian Review)
- China Becomes Indonesia’s No. 2 Investor With Infrastructure Drive (Nikkei Asian Review)
- Australia Discussing Alternative To China’s ‘Belt and Road’ (UPI)
- NZ May Exit China’s Belt-Road Scheme (9News)
- Should China’s Belt And Road Initiative Cross The Poles? (Global Development)
- China Mulls Regulation On Antarctic Activities (Xinhua)
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