‘Digital Silk Road’ On Track As Afghanistan and Turkmenistan Connect
January 15th, 2021
Via Ariana News Afghanistan, a report on the Digital Silk Road: Thursday marked another milestone in Afghanistan’s modern history when President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the new fiber optic connection between Turkmenistan and the commercial port of Aqina in Afghanistan’s Faryab province. Within four months of having signed the memorandum of understanding with government the Afghan […]
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 »Iran’s Railway Ambitions Stretch Beyond Afghanistan
January 5th, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, a report on Iran’s railway ambitions: The first train departs Khaf’s rail station in Iran during the inauguration of the Herat-Khaf railway operations connecting Iran and Afghanistan. via Reuters The first railway between Iran and Afghanistan was launched in December 2020, linking the Iranian northeastern city of Khaf to Afghanistan’s western city of […]
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 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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