New Silk Road: Japan To Counteract China In Kazakhstan With New Asia-Europe Rail Deall
August 31st, 2017
Via Forbes, a report on a new Japanese investment to counter China’s BRI initiative: Japan continues standing in the ring with China, exchanging blow for blow as the Asian rivals both compete and cooperate with each other in the creation of the trans-Eurasian mega-project that has been dubbed the New Silk Road. Just months after the announcement of a deal that would […]
Read more »Pakistan’s $100B Deal With China
August 26th, 2017
Via Devex, a detailed look at China’s investment and aid to Pakistan: Early last year, the Pakistani government sent USAID officials in Islamabad a mystifying letter via snail mail: please stop doing feasibility studies for Diamer Basha Dam. Pakistan had been lobbying the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Asian Development Bank since 2010 to complete the dam. A USAID assessment […]
Read more »Dueling Ports Underline China-India BRI Rivalry
August 16th, 2017
Via Asia Times, an article on how New Delhi’s fast track development of Iran’s Chabahar port is viewed as a security threat in Pakistan and open challenge to Beijing’s BRI designs: India’s eagerness to develop Iran’s southern Chabahar port project has irked certain military circles in Pakistan which view the facility as a potential security threat […]
Read more »The Real Thrust Of The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
August 16th, 2017
Via The Straits Times, a look at the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: There is no doubt that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with a total outlay in excess of US$62 billion (S$84.5 billion), is a key pillar of China’s One Belt, One Road (Obor) programme. Coverage of the CPEC, however, has focused on only a sliver […]
Read more »Six Ways Green Technology Will Be A Game Changer For Belt And Road Countries
August 13th, 2017
Courtesy of Frontera News, a look at how green tech may impact OBOR nations: A digital Belt and Road? The Belt and Road initiative promises massively increased interconnectivity across Eurasia and most people think of improved trains, rail and roads, but there is another overlooked element to the Belt and Road – which is the […]
Read more »Nurly Zhol: Kazakhstan’s Own Belt & Road Initiative Takes Hold
August 13th, 2017
Via Frontera News, a look at Kazakhstan’s own Belt & Road initiative, called Nurly Zhol: Kazakhstan has paid lip service to becoming a clean energy, technology, and innovation hub in Central Asia (AAXJ) (VPL) for many years. Increasingly, the aim is taking hold. The economy has already received $1 billion in loans from the EBRD (European Bank […]
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