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  May 17, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China-Belt and Road Initiative Multilateral Trade Has Reached US$9.2 Trillion In Seven Years

  Statistics released by Chinese official sources at the Fifth Annual Silk Road Expo in Xi’an this weekend have revealed that the total trade volume between China and the Belt and Road countries amounted to U$9.2 trillion from 2013 to 2020, while combined investment by Chinese enterprises in these countries has reached US$136 billion.
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  May 16, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – May 17, 2021

  All the latest international media headlines from across China’s Belt & Road Initiative.
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  May 14, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The China-Central Asia Conference: Analysis

  China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on China and Central Asian countries to explore a new style of regional cooperation and build a community with a shared future between China and Central Asia.
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  May 12, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Pakistan Looking for Huge Increases in Central Asian Trade

  Op/ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Trade agreements with Afghanistan & Uzbekistan due to be completed Plans for Central Asian trade to increase 15-fold  Islamabad recognizes strategy of uniting Central & South Asia 
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  May 11, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Wang Yi’s May 12 Xi’an Invitation to Central Asia’s Foreign Ministers – An Overview

  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Foreign Ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan meeting in Xi’an  China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet with five of Central Asia’s Foreign Ministers in Xi’an tomorrow, May 12. The meeting, which includes China together with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, will discuss anti-pandemic cooperation, joint[…..]
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  May 10, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Political Scientists vs. Engineers – How the East & West Became Divided

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Decoupling a result of divisions between theory and science Some influential Governments are academically unbalanced  Implications for future global development 
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  May 9, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – May 10, 2021

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Who Manages China’s Belt & Road Initiative? (Silk Road Briefing) Delivering a Western Alternative to China’s Belt and Road (UK Onward) Washington Is Playing a Losing Game with China (East Asia Forum) Why The G7 Have China in Their Sights (Arab News) Grey’s Ode Predicts Perils of Belt[…..]
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  May 7, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Who Manages China’s Belt & Road Initiative?

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  It isn’t Xi Jinping – and learning how China’s structures are diversified helps understand how China plans ahead Fundamental differences in Chinese and Western decision-making processes
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  May 6, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Decoupling From China Part Three: After the United States and EU, Now Its Australia’s Turn

  Beijing has today axed a high-level channel for economic talks with Canberra, criticizing Australian leaders for having a “Cold War mentality” after the country canceled contracts linked to its Belt and Road project last week.
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  May 4, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkish Government Approves Canal Istanbul Project

  Would connect the Marmara & Black Seas Questions over US$9 billion financing and viability