China Seeking To Revive Silk Road
May 18th, 2016
Via The Financial Times, a look at Beijing’s ’One Belt, One Road’ initiative: The ancient trade in silk, spices and slaves between China and Europe turned central Asian oases into wealthy [...]
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
May 9th, 2016 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), detailed analysis of the evolving China-Pakistan economic corridor: The partnership between Pakistan and China is one of the strongest in Asia. Pakistani [...]
May 9th, 2016 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), detailed analysis of the evolving China-Pakistan economic corridor: The partnership between Pakistan and China is one of the strongest in Asia. Pakistani [...]
Will It Scale In Kabul?
May 9th, 2016 Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on a handful of ambitious U.S. veterans are launching start-ups in Afghanistan: “This is the valley where I learned empathy,” says Matthew “Griff” [...]
May 9th, 2016 Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on a handful of ambitious U.S. veterans are launching start-ups in Afghanistan: “This is the valley where I learned empathy,” says Matthew “Griff” [...]
“Minegolia” Aims To Reverse Its Fortunes
May 9th, 2016 Via The Globe & Mail, an article on Mongolia: Chimgee remembers the days people crowded in front of her meat market stall, waiting to buy from her storage locker jammed to the ceiling with beef, [...]
May 9th, 2016 Via The Globe & Mail, an article on Mongolia: Chimgee remembers the days people crowded in front of her meat market stall, waiting to buy from her storage locker jammed to the ceiling with beef, [...]
New Silk Road: One Step Closer To Reality
May 7th, 2016 Via the World Economic Forum, a report on the new Silk Road: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will help fund a highway in Pakistan, a road project in Tajikistan, and a ring road in Almaty, [...]
May 7th, 2016 Via the World Economic Forum, a report on the new Silk Road: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will help fund a highway in Pakistan, a road project in Tajikistan, and a ring road in Almaty, [...]
Competition for Southeast Asia’s Railways
May 4th, 2016 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at the competition between China and Japan over the right to build up Southeast Asia’s railways: Forecast In the coming years, [...]
May 4th, 2016 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at the competition between China and Japan over the right to build up Southeast Asia’s railways: Forecast In the coming years, [...]