Pakistan opened its first metro line in Lahore this week, the Orange Line Metro being funded in part by Chinese investment under the CPEC project. The Metro is the first large-scale technologically advanced rail transit project in Pakistan, stretches 27 kilometres and has 26 stations. The metro cost more than 300 billion rupees (US$1.8 billion)[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The China-Europe freight trains, first launched in 2011 from China’s southwest Chongqing city, are running more frequently than ever in 2020, as supply chains divert from air to overland routes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They have been an important and developing part of the Belt and Road Initiative proposed[…..]
CPEC Is Open For Foreign Investment To Exploit The Opportunities Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Initiative officially kicked off in 2013, some seven years ago, under the initial title of ‘One Belt One Road’. That was later dropped as it became apparent that the scale of demand for projects would be[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion What Will Xi’s China Do Next? (Financial Times) Win-Win Versus Lose-Lose: The Time Has Come For The World To Choose (Lew Rockwell) The Big Picture: Belt And Road, And Reputation, Makeover (Energy Intel) China Is Weaponizing The Belt & Road Initiative. What Can The US Do About It?[…..]
How U.S. SMEs And Corporate Investors Can Exploit Chinese Built Infrastructure In Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico & Panama Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Initiative officially kicked off in 2013, some seven years ago, under the initial title of ‘One Belt One Road’. That was later dropped as it became apparent[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Initiative officially kicked off in 2013, some seven years ago, under the initial title of ‘One Belt One Road’. That was later dropped as it became apparent that the scale of demand for projects would be rather more than single Eurasian and Maritime routes. While there has[…..]
Richard Griffiths, a Director of the New Silk Roads Project, at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden in the Netherlands, has just written a book titled China’s Maritime Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road at Sea.
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Initiative officially kicked off in 2013, some seven years ago, under the initial title of ‘One Belt One Road’. That was later dropped as it became apparent that the scale of demand for projects would be rather more than single Eurasian and Maritime routes. While there has[…..]
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis A study just published by Australia’s Lowy Institute, titled the Asia Power Index 2020, has ranked 26 nations and territories in terms of influencing Asia. While the Lowy Institute report includes the United States, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand and India, we have extrapolated their data to illustrate the position of influence[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Is China Shifting The World Order? (The Hill) Signing Up Or Standing Aside: Disaggregating Participation In China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Brookings) Critical Reflections On China’s Belt & Road Initiative (WIO) China Turns On The Charm To Get Its Belt & Road Projects Back On Track (South China[…..]