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    The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads Of State Summit: Samarkand, Thursday/Friday September 15/16

    Presidents Putin and Xi will meet for the first time since the Ukraine conflict, while the new Middle-East-Central Asia ‘C5’grouping will feature heavily as will complete regional dedollarisation   It’s an important week in the Middle East this week as a major political conference is held; with Thursday and Friday (September 15/16) seeing the Shanghai[…..]

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    China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – September 12 2022

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Analysis & Opinion 7th China Belt & Road Summit Concludes: Opportunity & Development Highlights (Silk Road Briefing) Vladimir Putin’s Speech and Plenary Session Dialogue At The Eastern Economic Forum (Russia Briefing) Chinese Economic Decoupling Strategy Against The United States (Hudson Institute) What Happened to the Belt and Road[…..]

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    Hong Kong To Be Fast Tracked To RCEP Free Trade Agreement

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  A Hong Kong pivot to North Asia proposed by Indonesia Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng has stated that Hong Kong will be supported by Beijing for Hong Kong’s early accession to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to expand regional economic cooperation. The RCEP agreement includes mainland China (but not Hong Kong)[…..]

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    Nicaragua Interested In BRICS Potential

    President Ortega wishes to diversify supply chains away from the United States  Nicaragua is aware of the opportunities for development that the BRICS association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) provides, and will deepen relations with its member states, Nicaraguan Minister of Finance Ivan Acosta has stated.

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    7th China Belt & Road Summit Concludes: Opportunity & Development Highlights

    The seventh Belt and Road Summit, jointly organized by the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council has finished. The event saw state leaders and senior officials, regional government leaders and business leaders gathered to explore the business potential of the Belt and Road Initiative, and to drive synergies and create multilateral collaborations such as[…..]

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    Russian President Putin Visiting Russian Far East, Discussing Regional Development With China, Mongolia, India, and ASEAN nations.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kamchatka today (Monday, September 5), the region of the Russian Far East with extensive trade ties and development ties with China, Japan, Mongolia and North & South Korea.  Putin will meet with local officials, and on Tuesday (September 6) attend the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) strategic command and[…..]

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    China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – September 5 2022

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Why China’s Ambitious Global Development Plan Will Chiefly Benefit China (Milwaukee Independent) No Investment In Russia, Dip In Pakistan, Pivot To Saudi — China’s BRI Takes A Turn (The Print) Mikhail Gorbachev’s China Legacy (Silk Road Briefing) Finance Moscow Exchange To Start Russian Ruble / Uzbeki Som Trading[…..]

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    Hong Kong And Singapore To Provide “Bankability, Responsibility, and Interconnectedness” Throughout The Belt & Road Initiative

    Regional financial services professionals will need to have Asian and Gulf experience as the age of Western expat dominance declines. Overview by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Ministerial level, 7th Belt and Road Summit Policy Dialogue is currently underway in Hong Kong, with an emphasis on improving infrastructure and developing a more integrated Asian region. The theme[…..]

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    Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan Rail Cargo Volumes Up

    The China to Caspian routes are motivating an increase in volumes of Central Asian trade and investments In line with expected trends and the development of landlocked Uzbekistan as a Central Asia hub, the import-export rail cargo volumes between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan from the period January through August 2022 has reached more than 1.38 million tons.

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    Mikhail Gorbachev’s China Legacy

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  The 1989 Sino-Soviet Summit Helped China Acquire Much-Needed Technology Transfers And To Concentrate On Its Own Development Reforms Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow. He was 91. While remembered for bringing an end to the Cold War under the ‘Perestroika’ and ‘Glasnost’ reforms, and considerably reducing[…..]

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