Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion 👍 BRI Positive The Belt And Road: An Initiative For Common Prosperity (CGTN) A Guide To Belt And Road Cooperation (CGTN)! Globalink: Belt And Road Pathway To A Brighter Future (TelesureEnglish) China To Meet Challenges Of The Belt And Road Initiative (Reuters) BRI And China Aid Data Deliberately[…..]
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Years ago, when I was a yacht broker based in Athens, a friend and I sailed from the island of Corfu to the Bay of Naxos in Sicily. We didn’t have much money, but we knew how to have a good time. One evening, having visited a nightclub about 10km away from[…..]
International tourism can be expected by 2024 By Chris Devonshire-Ellis North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been in the news this week making a rare public appearance at the town of Samjiyon, close to the border with China’s Jilin Province. While much of the Western media commentary was full of barbs criticizing his dress sense[…..]
A China-led effort, the greening of the Belt and Road Initiative involves development projects aligned with the 2030 UNSDG goals that also present climate action-positive investment opportunities. Since it was first proposed in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has taken on many forms. A clear-eyed strategy to connect Asia with Africa and Europe[…..]
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The British Government issued a formal response yesterday (November 14) to the Foreign Affairs Committee’s report into Xinjiang. When such reports are published the Government has 60 days to provide a reply, either accepting or rejecting the recommendations put before them. This mechanism acts as a bellwether concerning current thinking towards policy[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion The Role Of Chinese SOEs In The BRI (Pakistan Daily Times) China Opportunities: The Transformation Of Logistics (China.Org) China Wants To Own Shipping’s Digital Operating System (Maritime Executive) China’s Growing Military Capabilities Are A Threat (Cleveland) Is China Rebranding The BRI? (The Hindu) Belt & Road Investor Intelligence[…..]
By Pathik Hasan The construction work of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is resuming on the Afghanistan section. It is a regional connectivity project for supplying gas from Turkmenistan to India’s Punjab to fulfill regional demand, and is a significant initiative proposed by the Asian Development Bank and currently involving four regional countries. In part, it[…..]
Bangladesh is becoming an ASEAN+1 By Chris Devonshire-Ellis & Pathik Hasan Bangladesh’s ability to both attract and invest capital into its infrastructure needs has massively increased during the past two-three years with global investors looking at the country as a solid investment. The country sits between ASEAN and the India-Centric SAARC, provides Himalayan and China[…..]
China has invested over US$66 billion into Brazilian infrastructure By Chris Devonshire-Ellis In the wake of the United States ‘Build Back Better World’ infrastructure act now not having funds to invest elsewhere than in the United States, countries that have so far not signed up to China’s Belt And Road Initiative but are in need[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Explainer: A Decade Of ‘Steel Camel Caravans’ Along The Belt And Road Initiative (People’s Daily) Down The Road: China’s Contribution (CGTN) China Looking Inward While The World Is Opening Up (ANI) Climate Change Climate Challenge And China’s Belt And Road Initiative (CFR) China’s Global Infrastructure Program Goes Green[…..]