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  January 27, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  United States Closes Afghanistan Embassy And Withdraws Diplomatic Privileges

  162,000 US based Afghans now without official representation The United States government has informed Afghanistan’s diplomats in the country that they will shut down the embassy in Washington and the consulate missions in Los Angeles and New York.
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  January 26, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  ‘China Plus Central Asia’ Meeting Draws Eurasian Security And Trade Closer Together

  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Targets US$70 billion In China-Central Asian Trade by 2030, with specific opportunities for increased exports to China and tourism development.  China’s President Xi Jinping held a virtual meeting yesterday (Tuesday, January 25) of the ‘China Plus Central Asia’ grouping, to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between them. The first such meeting[…..]
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  January 25, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Beijing Proposed ‘China-India Ocean Council’

  An interesting initiative emanating from China’s recent Foreign Ministerial visits to East Africa, Maldives and Sri Lanka has been the proposed ‘China-Indian Ocean Council’ – presumably a collection of Indian Ocean countries who would form a collective discussion bloc not unlike the Cooperation Between China & Eastern European Countries (CEEC) which was established in 2012.
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  January 24, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Kazakhstan Begins To Break Up Political Family Cronyism As Business Reforms Start

  Will Kazakhstan follow Uzbekistan’s economic reform model?  Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has started to strip his predecessor and rival for power in Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and his family of their business interests in the wake of the popular unrest earlier this month. He fired two sons-in-law, Dimash Dosanov and Kairat Sharipbayev, from the chairmanship of[…..]
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  January 24, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Smart Railway Solutions Adding Hi-Tech Communications Cash Flow Values To Belt And Road Rail Infrastructure Builds

  While a great deal has been written about China’s global railway infrastructure build, with a recent case being the opening of the China-Laos railway, an equally, if not more important aspect is the leveraging of the tracks and concrete to provide a faster, digital communications network.
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  January 23, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – January 24 2022

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion What Is The Global Order That Beijing Is Striving For? (Quartz) Exports To China Surge 69% To US$39 Billion In 2021 (Dawn) These Cities Are The Best Connected In The World – What Makes Them So Special? (World Economic Forum) Learning By Doing: Belt & Road FDI Spillovers[…..]
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  January 20, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Landlocked Kazakhstan Seeks To Connect With The Arctic Ocean To Provide Sea Port Trade Access

  By Malte Humpert  Arctic Multimodal Route will open up Kazakh markets to Europe and East Asia Landlocked Kazakhstan is concentrating efforts to develop new multi-modal transport routes by accessing Russia’s largest river system and the Arctic, Northern Sea Passage. This would permit Kazakhstan to both import and export goods from Europe and Asia, using the[…..]
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  January 20, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Ukraine Proving An Unreliable Trade Partner As China Sourced Goods To Poland Are Refused Transit

  Kiev displaying a lack of pragmatism as Estonia can provide alternative routes to EU as regional tensions mount   The inconsistent approach by Ukraine to its international obligations has taken another strange turn with it blocking rail shipments transiting the country from entering Poland. This has come at a time when Ukraine is reaching out to[…..]
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  January 19, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Foreign Minister Visits The Maldives: Analysis

  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Proposal to develop a China-Indian Ocean Forum will rattle New Delhi  China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited the Maldives earlier this month as a follow on from his traditional New Year trip to Africa (report here)
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  January 17, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Digital Silk Road: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Q&A With Zawya

  Digital know-how along the Belt and Road Initiative will set future global tech standards The Middle East financial newspaper Zawya recently interviewed Dezan Shira & Associates Chairman and Belt and Road Initiative expert Chris Devonshire-Ellis about digital tech capabilities along the BRI. These are some of the Q&A.