Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Shanghai Cooperation Organization Moscow Summit Implies A New Eastern Bloc (Russia Briefing) SCO Moscow Summit: Seven Cooperation Points, Post Covid Economic Recovery (Silk Road Briefing) EU’s Court Of Auditors Complains About China’s Belt & Road MoU Deals – But There Are Solutions (Silk Road Briefing) Getting China’s Belt[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The European Court of Auditors have announced that fifteen EU member states have been in breach of EU rules in agreeing bilateral commercial deals with China as part of Beijing’s belt and road initiative.
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states have been meeting in Moscow the past two days, with important face to face dialogues for the first time between India’s Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and China’s Wang Yi. The meetings were held with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Malaysia’s government on has said it will seek to reroute a US$10.6 billion (S$14.5 billion) rail project being built across the peninsula under China’s Belt and Road trade initiative, and will reassess the cost and schedule with the Chinese contractor.
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The row over Australia’s intended new Foreign Policy Act, scheduled to come into law next week has turned into twists and knots following the imposition of the National Security of Critical Infrastructure Act of 2018, which was introduced after Chinese investors had spent billions of dollars in acquiring stakes in two[…..]
Analysis & Opinion Inside China’s Belt & Road Tangle (The Diplomat) Is China Splitting Smart Supply Chains Into Two Digital Ecosystems? (Splash 247) China’s Overseas Military Bases (Modern Diplomacy) Rural Growth, Youth Empowerment And Lessons From China (Asian Tribune) Chinese Fintech Firm Coasts On BRI, Wants To Power More International Lenders (Phnom Penh Post) Engineering[…..]
Expect An Investment Boom Along Sri Lanka’s Southern Coast Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sri Lanka’s much-maligned Hambantota Port and Airport is about to receive a boost as the Chinese-constructed railway extension from Matara through Beliatta and onto Hambantota has been approved by the State cabinet and should be operational by 2023.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seeking new powers to veto or scrap agreements that state governments reach with foreign powers, in a move primarily aimed at shaking off China’s ability to gain influence in the country through its Belt and Road initiative (BRI).
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Is China’s Belt & Road Initiative Strategic? Perhaps Not (The Diplomat) China On Influence Offensive Through Belt & Road Soft Powerplay (Guardian) China’s Belt & Road Trade Initiative Can Help Global Economy Recover In Post-Covid Era (South China Morning Post) China’s Covid-19 Travel Restrictions – An Explainer (China[…..]
Argentina could become the biggest economy in Latin America to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an action that would allow its heavily indebted government to deepen trade and investment ties with China even further. Argentina is one of the main economies, after Brazil, in the Mercosur trade bloc, which includes directly or via[…..]