Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion A Communist Coronavirus (Washington Post) Welcome To The Belt & Road Pandemic (Foreign Policy) Operating Your China Business Remotely During The Coronavirus Outbreak (China Briefing) The Future Of Chinese Foreign Economic Policy Will Challenge US Interests, Part One: The Belt & Road Initiative (Jamestown.org) US-Led Initiative Aims To[…..]
Belt & Road Initiative projects that Chinese SOE’s have been undertaking overseas are being held up or suspended due to the Coronavirus. Many include hundreds if not thousands of Chinese workers, the majority of whom had returned to China for the Lunar New Year festivities. Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia have all closed their borders to[…..]
Uzbekistan plans to set up a new low-cost domestic airline this year to be called Humo Air, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov has said. The move confirms the importance the Uzbek government considers the sector to be. Other than being branded Humo, a mythical bird with links to Persia which is a state symbol of Uzbekistan,[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China’s New Silk Road (Al Jazeera) China’s Raw Materials Strategy (Policy Forum) Infrastructure Spending Key In Strategic US Response To China (Investable Universe) BRICS+ On The Agenda As Russia & China Seek To Expand Trade (Russia Briefing) China’s Belt & Road: Is Asia Getting More Cautious? (The Diplomat)[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis & Hazel Wang China’s new foreign investment law kicked in from 1st January 2020 – and promises equality for foreign investors in China when it comes to competing with China’s domestic companies for procurement contracts. In doing so it has changed the landscape for foreign investment in China by offering foreign[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The European Chamber of Commerce in China (Eurocham) have just released a report, entitled “The Road Less Travelled” concerning Eurocham members observations on their ability to participate in China’s Belt & Road Initiative. A link to downloading the report, which is complimentary, can be found here. There are some profound issues with[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China Renews Its Belt & Road Push For Global Sway (New York Times) China Bills Its Belt & Road As Collaboration, But Foreign Companies Feel Left Out (Wall Street Journal) China’s Investment In Belt & Road Initiative Cools (Radio Free Asia) China’s Investment In Belt & Road Initiative[…..]
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis & Maria Kotova China’s Belt & Road Initiative in terms of overseas projects has been receiving project financing to the tune of about US$13 billion a month. This has also had a profound impact on Russia’s Far East as part of that, which alone has been the recipient of 32% of Russia’s total[…..]
By Andre Wheeler An alternative headline for this article could quite easily have been: “Does Sri Lanka really want Hambantota Port returned”. This question is a response to the numerous recent headlines that claim that Sri Lanka’s newly elected government is demanding a return of the Port. These reports often claim that Hambantota has placed[…..]
China’s Ministry of Commerce has stated that Chinese non-financial investment in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative reached US$12.78 billion during the first 11 months of 2019, equating to an average monthly investment of US1.16 billion per month. Non-financial investments include real estate and commodities.