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Belt and Road Initiative
1 min · · China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been described as everything from the Chinese Marshall Plan to a tool for debt-trap diplomacy. Extensive reporting on the BRI has been done from political,… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
Foreign Affairs
Demystifying Belt and Road
1 min · · The struggle to define China’s “project of the century” · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
macropolo.org
China Didn’t Invent Asian Connectivity
6 min · · One of my early mentors, Harvard’s Joseph Nye, has been writing of late about what he evocatively calls Xi Jinping’s “Marco Polo strategy.” And Joe is on to something—with a raft of initiatives, not… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
asia.nikkei.com
China's Belt and Road hits a speed bump in Kazakhstan
4 min · · KHORGOS, Kazakhstan -- One of the most ambitious projects in China's Belt and Road Initiative aims to transform a vast plot of open land along China's border with Kazakhstan into the launch point for… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
Bruegel
The next step of the Belt and Road Initiative: Multilateralisation with Chinese characteristics
4 min · · The increasingly broad objective of China's Belt and Road Initiative has attracted the attention not only from the BRI members, but also from other major players such as the United States and the… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
Economic Times
Pushing back against China's One Belt One Road, India, Japan build strategic 'Great Wall'
3 min · · While in East Africa, Delhi & Tokyo are planning to fund infra & building projects, Japan is expected to join India in the expansion of Irans Chabahar port. · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
South China Morning Post
Debt fears, delays, land disputes: is China’s rail plan for Indonesia off track?
· Villagers complaining of no compensation, completion dates pushed back and ministers frustrated over having no information have thrust China’s high-speed rail link into spotlight ahead of the April 17… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
en.ndrc.gov.cn
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) People's Republic of China
20+ min · · Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road2015/03/28Issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
South China Morning Post
US, Canada and EU offer ‘robust alternative’ to belt and road-type funds
· The new Overseas Private Investment Corporation alliance is its second, following one last year with Japan and Australia. · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Das Zentrum der Welt hat sich verschoben
7 min · · Neue SeidenstraßeVon Alexander WulfersAktualisiert am 22.03.2019 - 15:19Chinesische Lokführer auf der Jungfernfahrt der neuen ostafrikanischen Zugverbindung zwischen Addis Abeba und Dschibuti. Bild:… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
asia.nikkei.com
Pakistan distances itself from China's Belt and Road
2 min · · ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani government has diverted around 24 billion Pakistani rupees ($171.6 million) in funds meant for joint infrastructure development projects with China into other construction… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
South China Morning Post
Mahathir points way forward for Beijing on belt and road projects
2 min · · The frank views of Malaysia’s prime minister on a controversial rail link judged too costly under the infrastructure scheme should help fine-tune China’s investment approach · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
Bruegel
The Belt and Road turns five
· Five years after its launch, Michael Baltensperger and Uri Dadush reflect on China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The plan to revive ancient trade routes has the potential to enhance development prospects across the world and in China, but that potential might not be realised because the BRI’s objectives are too broad and ill-defined, and its execution is too often non-transparent, lacking in due diligence and uncoordinated. · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
asia.nikkei.com
Will China let Belt and Road die quietly?
4 min · · The news for China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been unrelentingly bad.Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia has canceled two mega BRI projects, including a $20 billion… · Shared by 5, including Nico Luchsinger
World Bank
Trade Effects of the New Silk Road: A Gravity Analysis (English)
· Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc) *The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity. **Download statistics measured… · Shared by 4, including Nico Luchsinger
China Xinhua News
Full text of report on progress, contributions and prospects of the Belt and Road Initiative
· Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-22 15:06:14|Editor: Lu Hui Video PlayerClose BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following is an English version of the full text of a report titled "The Belt and Road Initiative:… · Shared by 4, including Nico Luchsinger