Silk Road Development Weekly – April 29, 2019
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- Connectivity Key To Belt & Road Initiative (CGTN)
- One Belt One Road, China’s Grand Take On Economic Globalization (telesurenglish)
- Belt & Road A Platform For China To Assume More Influence And Contribute More To Global System (Straits Times)
- China’s Belt & Road Debate (The Diplomat)
- China’s Billion Dollar Belt & Road Party: Who’s In And Who’s Out (CNN)
- China To Expand Commodity And Service Imports (CGTN)
- Clean Silk Road: The Key To Safeguard The BRI (CGTN)
- Why The West Is So Worried By China’s Belt & Road (Arab News)
- Belt & Road Forum, China’s Project Of The Century Hits Tough Times (The Guardian)
- China Cannot Afford The Silk Road, And That Is A Blessing (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Imran Khan Calls For Creation Of Tourism Corridor Between BRI Countries (Dawn)
- Christine Lagarde: BRI Should Only Go Where It Is Sustainable (Straits TImes)
- One Belt One Road Opportunity For Judicial Cooperation (IRNA)
2nd Belt & Road Forum Updates
- Who Did (And Who Didn’t) Attend China’s 2nd Belt & Road Forum (The Diplomat)
- What Are The Key Takeaways Of Xi’s BRI Speech? (CGTN)
- President Xi Signals Course Change At Belt & Road Forum (ENR)
- BRF Ends With Deals Worth $64 Billion; China Affirms Territorial Integrity (Business Today)
- Xi Jinping Claims $64 Billion In Deals At Belt & Road Forum (Axios)
- China Pledges Open Belt & Road But West Is Split On Programme (Financial Times)
- Highlights Of Xi’s Speech At The Second Belt & Road Forum For International Cooperation (People’s Daily)
- China’s Xi Vows New Direction For ‘Belt & Road’ After Criticism (Wall Street Journal)
- Belt & Road Forum: Xi Jinping Promises Transparency To Ease Concerns (The Guardian)
- Xi Seeks To Reassure Critics Over $1 Trillion Belt & Road Project (rferl.org)
- China’s Full-Throated Defense Of The BRI (Straits Times)
- China Tries To Calm Jitters About The Belt & Road Initiative (The Economist)
- China’s President Xi Jinping Defends Belt & Road, Says ‘Not Exclusive Club’ (Straits Times)
- China’s Xi Says Belt & Road Must Be Green, Sustainable (Reuters)
- Xi Defends Belt & Road, Vows ‘Zero Tolerance’ Of Graft (Economic Times)
- Putin Rides To Xi’s Rescue On Battered Silk Road As The West Stews (Moscow Times)
- Tsipras Tells China Greece Is A Bridge Between West And East (Greek Reporter)
Finance
- Xi Jinping Says China’s Belt & Road Initiative Is Not Saddling Poor Countries With Debt (Time)
- Is China The World’s Loan Shark? (New York Times)
Regional
- Why The US Shouldn’t Sit Out The Belt & Road Initiative (Belt And Road Ventures)
- US Should Be Concerned About China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Fox)
- Britain Calls China’s Belt & Road Initiative ‘A Vision’ (Straits Times)
- Hammond To Seek UK Deals In China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Financial Times)
- EU Prepared To Be Part Of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (CNBC)
- Europe Wants To Sign Belt And Road MoU As A Group (Reuters)
- The Threat Beijing’s Belt & Road Initiative Poses To Europe (New European)
- BRI-Inclined Europeans Need A Keen Eye For Detail (Financial Times)
- Montenegro Cooperation Between CEEC & China Is Successful And Significant (Ports Europe)
- Belt & Road Initiative: An Opportunity Or Risk For Africa? (Eurasia Review)
- Egypt’s Suez Canal Is Pivotal To Belt & Road Initative (Amwalalghad)
- How The Tiny African Nation Of Djibouti Became The Linchpin In China’s Belt & Road Plan (South China Morning Post)
- China’s Vast Investment In Africa Hits A Snag In Congo (Economic Times)
- Russia Interested In Close Cooperation With EAEU Partners (TASS)
- First Russia-China Bridge Across The Amur River Border Is Completed (Russia Briefing)
- Putin Vows To Connect Russia’s Northern Sea Route With China’s Maritime Road (Russia Today)
- BRI Won’t Cause Conflicts Between China And Russia In Central Asia (Global Times)
- Russia-North Korea Trade Development To Increase As Kim Visits Vladivostok (Russia Briefing)
- Putin: China’s Belt & Road Initiative And Russia’s Vision For Eurasia Aim To Boost Continental Growth (CGTN)
- Pakistan’s Khan Hails China’s Cooperation Progress (KSL)
- China’s Grand Access To Gwadar Port (The News)
- China Removes BRI Map That Showed Arunachal And J&K Part Of India (Economic Times)
- Myanmar Signs 3 Agreements At Belt & Road Forum (Irrawaddy)
- China-Myanmar Railway Makes Significant Breakthrough (CGTN)
- Mahatir Backs Belt & Road But Insists On Open Trade Routes (South China Morning Post)
- Malaysia Renegotiated China-Backed Rail Project To Avoid $5 Billion Fee (Financial Times)
- China’s Belt & Road Extends To Kyrgyzstan, But Are New Transport Links Worth All That Debt? (South China Morning Post)
- China Says Latin America And Caribbean Will Benefit Significantly Under BRI (Jamaica Observer)
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
