Addressing Political Risks As Uzbekistan’s Silk Road Return Takes Shape
July 9th, 2021
Via The Brussels Times, a report on how – as Central Asian and Uzbekistan’s Silk Road takes shape – political risks must be addressed to attract foreign investors New initiatives are currently being taken to develop the central Asian economies along the former ancient silk road. Better infrastructure would of course accelerate trade, attract foreign capital […]
Read more »Xinjiang: Rising Tech Hub on Belt & Road
July 8th, 2021
Via Belt and Road News, an interesting article on Xinjiang: Among a display of satin brocades now worn with age, a 2,200-year-old silk arm protector lies quietly in a dusky glass case in Xinjiang Museum. It is a dapple of indigo and gold, with eight Chinese characters woven in perfect harmony. Literally meaning “Five stars […]
Read more »Tesla Superchargers Now Line The Silk Road
July 4th, 2021
Via Zap Map, an interesting update on the Silk Road Supercharger corridor: Tesla China has now completed the Silk Road Supercharger corridor and says it is the longest it has built to date. According to a tweet from Tesla’s Chinese account, the route from east to west in China reaches just over 3,100 miles. The […]
Read more »Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia – Achieving Global Connectivity
July 4th, 2021
Via The Belt and Road News, a report on the Belt & Road Initiative and South Asia: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a project aiming towards connectivity through Central, South, and Southeast Asia into the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Although BRI stretches from Eurasia to Africa, its major states lie in South Asia. Due to […]
Read more »Pacific Undersea Cable Project Sinks After U.S. Warns Against Chinese Bid
June 22nd, 2021
Via Reuters, a report on strategic wrangling over undersea cables: A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded U.S. warnings that participation of a Chinese company posed a security threat, two sources told Reuters. The former Huawei Marine Networks, now called HMN Technologies […]
Read more »Suez Closure Brightens the Future of China’s New Silk Road
June 12th, 2021
Via Jamestown Foundation, a look at how the recent Suez closure brightened the future of China’s New Silk Road: On March 23, the 240,000-ton, 1,312 feet long (399 meters) Panama-flagged MV container ship Ever Given, drawing 47 ft 7 in (14.5 meters) and carrying 20,000 containers from China’s Yantian International Container Terminal in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province […]
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