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  October 1, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road Imports Growing Faster Than Exports

  Growing Opportunities To Sell To China As Domestic Consumer Base Hits 550 Million China’s Department of Big Data Development, part of the State Information Center, has just released a report stating that China’s imports from Belt & Road Countries increased faster that of exports for the first time.
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  September 30, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Northern Maritime Sea Route Cargo Volume Could Reach 92 Million Tons By 2024

  China-EU Arctic Cargo Transshipment Route Developing Fast  Alexey Likhachev, the Director-General of Rostacom, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation has stated that the volume of cargo transported via Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) is constantly growing and could top expectations by the end of this year. Rosatom is an infrastructure operator for the route.
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  September 28, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – September 28, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Xi’s Speech To The UN: Connectivity & Development Of The Health Silk Road (Silk Road Briefing) 5 Burning Questions About China’s Carbon Neutral Pledge (Climate Change News) Putin’s Speech To The UN: Covid Vaccine, Reducing Trade Restrictions, International Law (Russia Briefing) What China Wants From The Global System[…..]
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  September 25, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkmenistan Wants Fast Completion Of Turkmen-Afghan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline

  Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has discussed with Pakistani President , Arif Alvi, his desire for the Pakistan government to start construction works on the Pakistani segment of the TAPI gas pipeline.
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  September 23, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Xi Calls For Greater Cooperation, Connectivity & Development Of The Health Silk Road At UN Virtual Summit: Comparisons With The US Position

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China has been virtually attending the 75th Annual Meeting with President Xi Jinping making a speech yesterday. In it, he outlined that China wished for global cooperation to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic and that connectivity between nations was key, stating “No country can gain from others’ difficulties or maintain stability by[…..]
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  September 21, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – September 21, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Escalating Sino-US Relations Jeopardise Key Belt & Road Projects (China Banking News) The Huawei Ban Could Crush US Overseas Aid Efforts (Foreign Policy) Is China Weaponizing Ports Built Along The Belt & Road Initiative? (The Africa Report) Fault Lines: China & Trade (Lawfare) China’s Global Investment Game Plan[…..]
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  September 18, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Foreign Investment Into China Increases By US$90 Billion In 2020 YTD

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s economy has proved resilient during the year and has seen an 18.7% increase in August’s foreign direct investment, up by U$12.3 billion over 2019. China’s Ministry of Commerce has stated that for the year as a whole, foreign direct investment (FDI) into China has already exceeded that of 2019, jumping[…..]
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  September 17, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Continues Sri Lankan Belt & Road Development With Central Expressway

  The construction  of Sr Lanka’s Central Expressway and the continual development of Sri Lankan infrastructure by China has continued with the start of the Kadawatha to Meerigama section. China’s Exim Bank has provided a US$989 million loan for the project, with the Sri Lankan government making the first payment, to the Metallurgical Corporation of China[…..]
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  September 14, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – September 14, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Shanghai Cooperation Organization Moscow Summit Implies A New Eastern Bloc (Russia Briefing) SCO Moscow Summit: Seven Cooperation Points, Post Covid Economic Recovery (Silk Road Briefing) EU’s Court Of Auditors Complains About China’s Belt & Road MoU Deals – But There Are Solutions (Silk Road Briefing) Getting China’s Belt[…..]
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  September 11, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  EU’s Court Of Auditors Complains About China’s Belt & Road MoU Deals & Lack Of Strategic Intelligence – But There Are Solutions

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  The European Court of Auditors have announced that fifteen EU member states have been in breach of EU rules in agreeing bilateral commercial deals with China as part of Beijing’s belt and road initiative.