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  May 23, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road Initiative In The Pacific Islands

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China has been reaching out to the Pacific Island nations, albeit with some care as it doesn’t wish to rub up against the reach of the United States, and to a lesser degree, Australia and New Zealand within the region. Nonetheless, there have been attempts by China to bring them into[…..]
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  May 21, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The US, Huawei And The Belt & Road’s New 5G Supply Chains

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Who are the replacement manufacturers China could now turn too? With the United States effectively indicating its policies are unreliable, a remarkable 24 hours has seen Washington ban US technology companies from selling to Huawei, then roll back the majority of this for the next 90 days. At stake is the[…..]
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  May 21, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Uzbekistan Becoming More Compliant With International Business Standard Norms

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The pace of change in Uzbekistan has been speeding up as the country has its eyes on a coveted place between Europe and China along the Belt & Road Initiative. Since the death of long term, Soviet era Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov in 2016, his successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has almost single[…..]
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  May 20, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – May 20, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Charts Of The Week: China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Brookings Institute) Five Big Myths Of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Bloomberg) Beijing Is Counting On Its Massive Belt & Road Initiative. But Are Chinese Firms On Board? (Washington Post) Belt & Road Initiative Can Encourage Cooperation Amid Global[…..]
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  May 16, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Kazak / Uzbek Trade Expands With Opening Of New Border Trade Center

  Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have stated they are to jointly develop a border trading centre, aimed at easing immigration, customs and warehousing volumes at the border crossing between Shymkent on the Kazak side and Tashkent on the Uzbek side. These are the regions most populous countries, however poor relations until recently have hindered trade for decades.[…..]
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  May 15, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  BRICS Nations Creating BRICS Pay As Cloud Platform Accessible Via Smartphone To Avoid US Dollar Trade

  The BRICS grouping of countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are creating a single payment system, BRICS Pay, as part of the drive to establish a common system for retail payments and transactions between the member countries.
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  May 13, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – May 13, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Asian Nations Cash In On China’s Softer Sell Of Belt & Road (Asia Nikkei) What’s In China’s New Belt & Road Recalibration? (The Diplomat) International Experts Positively Evaluate Results Of Belt & Road Forum In Beijing (Eurasia Review) Facts And Figures From China’s Belt & Road Initiative (China[…..]
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  May 9, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Pakistan Trade On The Up, And More Volumes In RMB Yuan. Is This A Belt & Road Anti-US$ Trend?

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis In a sign of one of the future directions that China Belt & Road trade can be expected to move in coming years, bilateral trade between China and Pakistan has increased to US$20 billion. What is interesting about this increase is the currency spread used; both sides agreed in November last[…..]
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  May 8, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Uzbekistan Offers PPP Deals To Foreign Investors In Banking & Infrastructure

  The newly reformed and open approach by Uzbekistan to foreign investment has taken another step forward with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signing a decree worth US$1.66 billion and covering 15 projects to foreign investors under public-private partnership (PPP) deals.
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  May 7, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Briefing Sponsors Expedition To Find The Source Of The Oxus River

  Silk Road Briefing, published by the Asian investing professional services firm Dezan Shira & Associates, is sponsoring an expedition to discover the source of the Oxus River in Afghanistan, one of the countries along the ancient Silk Road routes.