CPEC Myths And Realities
October 16th, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor: In Pakistan a lot is being said and talked about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While some analysts term it a mega initiative by Pakistan’s ‘time tested friend’, cynics label it ‘another East India Company in Making”. Another group says, “British Raj undertook many […]
Read more »China’s Hunger For Energy Resources Is What’s Driving The Belt And Road
October 13th, 2017
Via Forbes, a look at one of the key motivations for China’s BRI: While it’s not as symbolic as a Chinese flag-brandishing freight train rolling into a European port for the first time or as sexy as transforming a squalid stretch of desert into a “new Dubai,” or building a Port City on reclaimed land, or high-speed trains between iconic European capitals, […]
Read more »Japan Wants a Piece of China’s Belt and Road
October 7th, 2017
Via The American Interest, an article on Japan’s interest in China’s BRI: Is Japan warming up to Xi Jinping’s grandiose infrastructure ambitions? That is the impression conveyed by Nippon Express, the major Japanese firm that is taping into China’s Belt and Road Initiative via a joint rail project with Kazakhstan. From the Nikkei Asia Review: Nippon […]
Read more »Railway Cargo Flow Between Afghanistan and China Depends on Uzbekistan
September 12th, 2017
Via Central Times of Asia, a report on how railway cargo between Afghanistan and China depends on Uzbekistan: The shipment of goods to Afghanistan by rail from China stopped three months ago due to the lack of infrastructure at the Afghan port on the Uzbek border and the absence of trade and transit agreements with […]
Read more »China Eyes Iran As Important Belt And Road Hub
September 9th, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, a look at China’s focus on Iran as an important BRI hub: China’s strategic interest in Iran is intensifying. Chinese manufacturers are looking to establish new operations in Iran, and Tehran is viewed as a vital transport and logistics hub. Iran is focusing in 2017 on expanding its railway network so that […]
Read more »China: Building A New City In The Desert Of Oman
September 9th, 2017
Via Forbes, an interesting look at Chinese plans to build an entirely new $10.7 billion transit-oriented industrial city in Oman: Nobody is going to confuse the dusty fishing village of Duqm for Dubai. But Oman intends to change this by building an entirely new, $10.7 billion transit-oriented industrial city on the desertified coast of the Arabian Sea, […]
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