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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.
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  January 16, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – January 17 2022

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion How China Is Reforming Its SOE’s To Become Mixed Hybrid Global Businesses Worth Tens Of Billions Of Dollars (Asia Investment Research) Understanding China-EU Relations In The Context Of The Belt And Road Initiative (LSE) Can Europe’s Global Gateway Offset China’s Belt And Road? (National Interest) Digital Silk Road[…..]
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  January 16, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Nicaragua Joins China’s Belt And Road Initiative

  Just a month after Nicaragua switched its recognition of the Chinese government from Taipei to Beijing, the two countries have signed several key agreements underpinning their new political relationship, including an MoU with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.