Chris Devonshire-Ellis was interviewed live on CGTN’s ‘Global Business’ Programme yesterday (March 21) concerning Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow to discuss overall trade developments and the Ukraine situation with Russian President Putin.
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Meetings to discuss Economic Cooperation have been held between Mikhail Myasnikovich, the Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), and Zhang Ming, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-General in Moscow. These discussions were reported by the Eurasian Economic Commission here.
Russian financial services companies and professionals are gradually entering the financial services markets in Asia. At the beginning of March, Ingosstrakh-Investments Management Company received a license from China’s financial services regulator for operations with financial instruments on the Chinese stock exchanges.
By Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Introduction Uzbekistan’s independence was recognized by China in December 1991 and diplomatic relations between the two sides were established in January 1992. In the joint statement of establishing diplomatic relations in January 1992, the relations of more than three decades between the two countries, the promotion of friendship and cooperation in[…..]
Opportunities for Asian exporters to look to Central Asia as Russian appliance exports decline Imports of household appliances to Kazakhstan from Russia decreased in 2022, while those from China grew. A little more than a year has passed since the Russian conflict with Ukraine began and sanctions were imposed. As a result, established logistics routes[…..]
High level meetings set out new 2023 trade and sectoral developments The Kazakh spring, known as Nauryz, began in Almaty with meetings between Alikhan Smailov, the Kazakh Prime Minister, and Zhang Xiao, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Kazakhstan. The two sides discussed a wide range of issues of intergovernmental cooperation in trade,[…..]
By Farzad Bamezani Bonesh China is seeking to expand transportation and logistics infrastructure, trade links, prosperity, new opportunity for stability and growth, investment, technology and new markets, exports, industries, industrial promotion, green and digital economy, reducing electricity shortage, and increasing exchanges in Central Asia. We look at what this means for Kyrgyzstan.
Kazakhstan’s new Nurkent City, near the border of China, is continuing to be constructed in the Panfilov region of Kazakhstan’s also newly created Zhetysu. This includes parts of the Kazakh South-East and  parts bordering Kyrgyzstan. Nurkent is located near one of Kazakhstan’s two railway crossings on the border with China, opposite China’s Khorgos city.
According to the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), the 2022 mutual trade turnover of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries reached a record US$80.6 billion, with the export of goods from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan all significantly increasing. This is leading to further analysis of its potential integration with China and India. China signed a[…..]
India and the Global South positioned as a potential Cold War bridge between the US and EU, versus China and Russia By Andrew Korybko Edited with additional commentary by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based, American political analyst. He has recently published an article concerning the potential for a Tri-Polar based world order to[…..]