China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Remains Uncertain
January 13th, 2021
Via Third Pole, an article on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway which – after more than two decades of negotiations – remains stalled on basic issues, with no clear way forward: The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway (CKU) has been under discussion for almost 25 years, but construction may never begin. Despite numerous high level meetings the three countries have failed to […]
Read more »China’s Headway In Myanmar
January 11th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – while infrastructure is high on China’s agenda in Myanmar – it is also making headway in other important sectors: A year after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first state visit to Myanmar, Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to arrive in the capital Naypyidaw today for a two-day official visit. […]
Read more »China Slowly Retreating From Pakistan’s Belt and Road
December 26th, 2020
Via Asia Times, a look at how Beijing is backing away from its initial $60 billion commitment to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project: Pakistan’s army is set to take near-total control of the Beijing-financed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a US$60 billion infrastructure building plan replete with railways, roads, ports and special economic zones (SEZs) that is […]
Read more »China’s Railway Through Central Asia And To The Middle East: Waiting On Kyrgyzstan
December 18th, 2020
Via Silk Road Briefing, a report on the potential of a Central Asian railway: A long held dream along the Silk Road both old and new has been a railway that links China to Central Asia and the Middle East. Actually getting it done however is proving difficult: Kyrgyzstan lies in the middle. Anyone that […]
Read more »China’s Digital Silk Road Initiative: A Boon for Developing Countries or a Danger to Freedom?
December 17th, 2020
Via The Diplomat, commentary on China’s Digital Silk Road initiative: As part of China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing launched the Digital Silk Road (DSR) in 2015 with a loose mandate. It has since become a significant part of Beijing’s overall BRI strategy, under which China provides aid, political support, and other assistance to […]
Read more »Buckling Down: China Rethinks Xi’s ‘Project Of The Century’
December 16th, 2020
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how Chinese overseas lending has fallen sharply amid a reassessment of the Belt and Road Initiative: It has not taken long for the wheels to come off the Belt and Road Initiative. As recently as May 2017, China’s leader Xi Jinping stood in Beijing before a hall of nearly 30 heads […]
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