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    China Trains 66,000 Business Executives In Benefits Of RCEP

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The US$25 trillion regional free trade agreement is expected to come into effect in five months’ time. Is your Asia based business opportunity prepared? China’s MOFCOM has been organizing training sessions for over 66,000 Chinese trade representatives and business executives to help them prepare for the upcoming Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)[…..]

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    Algeria To Coordinate National Development Plans With China’s Belt And Road Initiative

    El Hamdania Port to be one of the largest in the Meditteranean By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has concluded his Middle East tour – his second this year – with a trip to discuss bilateral matters with the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra.

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    New Lhasa-Nyingchi Rail Could Eventually Reopen Tibetan Trade Routes With India

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Tibet has opened its first electrified railway line, a route leading from the TAR capital Lhasa, through to Nyingchi, close to the border with the India state Arunachal Pradesh. I have been to this region, with India just across from the confluence of the Bramaputra and Tibet Rivers.

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    China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – July 26 2021

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Countdown To The Chinese Century: The Belt & Road Initiative (Research And Markets) Belt And Road Initiative And Global Governance In Transition (Modern Diplomacy) A Counterweight To The Belt & Road Initiative (New Age) Build Back Better World (Reconnecting Asia) How Biden And G7’s Infrastructure Initiative Can Take[…..]

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    China & Egypt Strengthen Belt And Road Collaborations Including The Suez Canal International Logistics Zone

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Egypt’s Free Trade Agreements with AfCFTA and the EU make it an attractive Chinese investment destination to access new export markets China and Egypt have signed a deal to establish an intergovernmental cooperation committee aimed at further enhancing bilateral relations, in an agreement signed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Egyptian[…..]

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    A Consumer Guide To Using The Digital Yuan And Digital Ruble

    Both China and Russia are ahead of the West in terms of developing digital currencies, while Iran has introduced the ‘Çovenant‘ and other blocs such as the Eurasian Economic Union and BRICS are also discussing the development of specific digital currencies in order to trade. Russia has submitted proposals for the Digital Ruble to its Central Bank, which is supportive of the[…..]

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    Can China & Russia Reposition Syria With The ‘Five Seas’ Strategy?

    Planned port, canal and maritime connections would provide new infrastructure links between West and Central Asia By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Damascus following Assad’s recent victory in Parliamentary elections, providing him with a further seven-year mandate to rule. This comes after ten years of war,[…..]

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    China Urges Interconnection Between Central And South Asian Countries

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Four-point regional plan unveiled to unite Eurasia  China is ready to “join hands with Central and South Asian countries to forge a closer regional connectivity partnership through high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative” Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi remarked in Tashkent last Friday.

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    China – Belt & Road Countries H1 2021 Bilateral Trade Increases 27.5%

    China BRI bilateral trade reaches US$826 billion in first six months   Trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road witnessed robust growth in the first half of this year, official data from China customs stated last week .

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    China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – July 19 2021

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China’s Greater Bay Area: Executive Webinar Now Online (China Briefing) China Reaffirms Commitment To Advancing Belt & Road Initiative (Punch) Winning Hearts & Minds: China’s Belt And Road Initiative (South China Morning Post) Why Is The EU Copying China’s Belt & Road Initiative? (The Spectator) After G7 Pledge,[…..]

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