China’s Success will Lead to Central Asia’s Success
June 5th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an article on China’s BRI impact on Central Asia: The issue of global connectivity in many regions is a matter of survival and development. Central Asia does not have access to the sea and is one of the least connected regions in the world. That is why we were very […]
Read more »Yunnan: The Powerhouse of China’s Opening-up to South & Southeast Asia
May 24th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an article on China’s Yunnan Province: Yunnan is located at one of the seven geographical zones of China, Southwest China, covering mainly mountains and plateaus with a rich resource reserve, huge industrial potential and complicated landforms. Along high mountains and big rivers, Yunnan has a relatively long borderline, with 25 […]
Read more »Boten: The Renaissance of Laos’s Golden City
May 19th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on the one-time casino boom town on the Laos-China border is on the rise again, powered by billions in Chinese investment: A thick morning mist covers the empty buildings as Lao workers lazily walk towards construction sites and Chinese businessmen, waiting for noodle soup, frantically shout into their mobile phone. […]
Read more »Tracking the Digital Component of the BRI in Central Asia: Kazakhstan
May 19th, 2021
Via Jamestown Foundation, an article on the Digital Silk Road and its influence in Kazakhstan: This is the second of a three-part series describing the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) growing digital presence in Central Asia—part of a larger project commonly referred to as the Digital Silk Road (DSR, ??????, shuzi sichou zhi lu) that supplements […]
Read more »China’s Belt And Road Initiative: More Misses Than Hits
May 19th, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of China’s BRI to date: China’s Silk Road OBOR (One Road One Belt) project A fluid and evolving concept, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been mired in controversy since its inception. It has become a much-debated part of China’s ‘Going Global’ strategy and foreign policy calculus. As we enter a new […]
Read more »Why the Motorbike Delivery Driver is a Symbol of Our Times
May 14th, 2021
Courtesy of Emerging World, an interesting look at how motorbike riders serve as vital arteries of the global food delivery industry, especially in the emerging world: Jet-lagged from a long flight that landed in the middle of the night, I woke up the next morning to the familiar sound of motorbikes. I was in Tehran, […]
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