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  November 9, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Belt And Road Initiative Countries Up 244 Places In World Bank Ease of Doing Business Rankings

  Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s Belt & Road Initiative was originally launched, albeit known as the ‘One Belt One Road’ back in 2013. Now we are seven years down that path, and able to measure to some degree, the success, failure – and impact of these investments.
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  November 9, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – November 9, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion The China-EU Rail Network And The US Election (Splash 247) China Launches World’s First 6G Experimental Satellite (AA) China’s Belt And Road Initiative After The 5th Party Plenum. What Lies Ahead? (ISPI) China Will Boost Imports To US$22 Trillion This Decade (AA) China Has Inked BRI Cooperation Agreements[…..]
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  November 6, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  South American Belt And Road Projects Foreign Investors Should Be Looking At

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s Belt & Road Initiative officially kicked off in 2013, some seven years ago, under the initial title of ‘One Belt One Road’. That was later dropped as it became apparent that the scale of demand for projects would be rather more than single Eurasian and Maritime routes.
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  November 4, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Has China’s Belt and Road Initiative Shifted the Geo-Political Regional Debate from APAC to the Indo-Pacific?

  Op/Ed by Andre Wheeler  So, what is in a name? Is it merely symptomatic of a diversionary tactic or is it emblematic of a greater understanding of the “middle kingdom” after years of obfuscation?  Responses to this geographic descriptor change reflects the ideological stance of the respective parties. China would prefer a continuation of the[…..]
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  November 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  How Does China Know Its Belt And Road Initiative Will Work? Because It Tried It Out On Itself First.

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s Belt and Road Initiative has been a hugely controversial platform to develop infrastructure on a global scale, with accusations of debt burdens, exporting over-capacity and the creation of white elephants on a global scale. China has also stumped up an estimated US$1 trillion (OECD) in funding such projects – an[…..]
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  November 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Argentina Joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  Argentina has joined the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB ) in a move that may bring forward the countries decision to officially join China’s Belt & Road Initiative. This brings the numbers of sovereign shareholders of the AIIB to 103.
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  November 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – November 2, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China Must Listen To Those Directly Affected By Its Belt & Road Projects (South China Morning Post) Building China’s Belt & Road Initiative BIT by BIT (East Asia Forum) The Three Seas Initiative: A European Answer To China’s Belt & Road? (Lowy Institute) China And The Dangers Of[…..]
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  October 30, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Eight African Belt And Road Initiative Projects That Global Investors Should Be Aware Of

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s official Belt and Road website lists 42 African countries who have signed MoU with the Belt & Road Initiative. Africa is considered a key part of China’s infrastructure build efforts, due to its potential for rail, roads, and energy. Many African countries are also in need of better infrastructure, which is[…..]
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  October 29, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Pakistan’s Lahore Opens Its First Metro Line As CPEC Starts To Deliver

  Pakistan opened its first metro line in Lahore this week, the Orange Line Metro being funded in part by Chinese investment under the CPEC project. The Metro is the first large-scale technologically advanced rail transit project in Pakistan, stretches 27 kilometres and has 26 stations. The metro cost more than 300 billion rupees (US$1.8 billion)[…..]
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  October 28, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China-Europe Rail Freight Doubles In 2020. These Are The 44 Key And Emerging European Freight Hubs To Watch

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis   The China-Europe freight trains, first launched in 2011 from China’s southwest Chongqing city, are running more frequently than ever in 2020, as supply chains divert from air to overland routes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They have been an important and developing part of the Belt and Road Initiative proposed[…..]