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    Russia To Upgrade Mongolian Rail Links Between Russia And China, Joint Investment Fund Set Up

    Mongolian Bilateral Trade Rises 21% With Russia & 27% With China, As Better Rail Connectivity Is Urged Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia’s State Rail operator RZD will modernize Mongolia’s rail network to develop the country’s transit potential, in an interview with Mongolia’s Udriin Sonin newspaper. He has just[…..]

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    India’s Increasing Connectivity With Central Asia, Iran & Russia

    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Indian Prime Minister Modi Looks To Re-Connect India At Far Eastern Economic Forum India’s historic connections with Central Asia have long been curtailed since the 1947 partition of Pakistan, in addition to the constant wars on-going in Afghanistan effectively removing New Delhi from meaningful border connections between the regions. Yet prior[…..]

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    Silk Road Development Weekly – September 2, 2019

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Belt & Road: Power And Communication (Asia Dialogue) Networking The Belt & Road – The Future Is Digital (Merics) The Emerging Markets In China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Silk Road Briefing) Casting An Eye On The Belt & Road Initiative (Stratfor) China’s Belt & Road Risks Paris Climate[…..]

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    The Emerging Markets In China’s Belt & Road Initiative

    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Productivity In China’s New Developing Supply Chain Still Has Some Way To Go China’s MOFCOM and various news media outlets such as Xinhua, the People’s Daily and Global Times do their bit in both promoting the development of the Belt & Road Initiative and the impact it is having on China[…..]

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    Russian & Chinese Banks Pursuing Eurasian Economic Union / Belt & Road Project Integration

    More Joint Financing as China Looks To Russia To Replace US Produced Trade War Affected Products Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russia’s VEB Bank, which acts as the National Development Bank, has been stepping up interaction with its Chinese strategic partner the China Development Bank (CDB) to better align the development strategies of the two countries.[…..]

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    China Ignores United States Trade Threats, Energizes Trade Ties With Russia & ASEAN As Alternatives

    Washington Doesn’t Seem To Realize China & Global Supply Chains Are Sailing Away    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  The US-China trade war has dominated the business media for the past two years, however the view from Washington and the Trump administration remains that akin to almost deliberate isolationism. The China-based, US commentators haven’t been much[…..]

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    Chinese Patent Applications Along Belt & Road Initiative Countries Increase

    China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has released its half year figures for 2019 concerning patent filings in Belt and Road countries. The CNIPA is responsible for patent work and comprehensive coordination of the foreign related affairs in the field of Chinese national intellectual property. According to CNIPA, Belt and Road countries saw a “steady[…..]

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    Silk Road Development Weekly – August 26, 2019

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China Imposes New Tariffs on US Goods From 1st September; ASEAN & BRI Suppliers Now Preferred (China Briefing) With Economy Slowing, Tariffs Hitting, China’s Rust Belt Looks To Belt & Road Initiative (Insurance Journal) China Looks Abroad As Growth Slows, Tariffs Bite (Japan Today) China’s Moves Into Europe[…..]

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    The 2019 Far Eastern Economic Forum – Your Chance To Ask Questions

    The Far Eastern Economic Forum takes place between September 4th and 6th in Vladivostok Russia. One of the regions largest and most influential conferences of the year, it will discuss Inter-Regional Cooperation in the Far East, with large official and business delegations expected from China, Japan, India and most Asian countries. The event is hosted[…..]

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    China’s Moves Into Europe As Belt & Road Initiative Migrates West

    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Has Now Moved Further West Than Genghis Khan’s Armies “Scratch a Russian and you’ll find a Tartar” runs a well known (if somewhat untrue) European saying of two centuries ago, an unkind reference to the fact that the armies of Genghis Khan reached what are now the[…..]

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