New Silk Road: Land Bridge Saves Thirty Days of Shipping Time
May 18th, 2016
Via the Financial Times, a report on the new land Silk Road route that takes 14 days versus 45 by sea: Alireza Saadat started to trace and document Iran’s segment of the ancient Silk Road four [...]
New Silk Road: Transporting Laptops and Frozen Chicken
May 18th, 2016 Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on the new Silk Road: Illustrated map depicting the journey of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo (1254 – 1324) along the silk road to China If the [...]
May 18th, 2016 Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on the new Silk Road: Illustrated map depicting the journey of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo (1254 – 1324) along the silk road to China If the [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]