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  July 3, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s New Silk Road: Weekly Arts & Culture Round Up – July 3, 2020

  The Corruption & Decadence Issue Dictators Without Borders: Power & Money In Central Asia This impressive book provides a penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the West. The former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are often dismissed as[…..]
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  July 3, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Sri Lanka “Indefinitely Postpones” Opening Up For Tourism

  Sri Lanka has taken a longer term view of the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic and has closed its borders ‘indefinitely’. The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said that it was concerned about returning Sri Lankan expats, many of whom have been working in the Middle East and Africa, as well as foreign tourists entering[…..]
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  July 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Who’s Developing A Covid-19 Vaccine? With The United States Going It Alone, We Examine The Alternative Asian Players.

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis As the world is on the hunt for a vaccine to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, little noticed in the media are the steps being taken by Chinese and Russian institutes in researching the disease and developing a cure. This understanding is important to note as the United States[…..]
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  July 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  84% Of China’s BRI Investments Are In Medium-High Risk Countries

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The 2020 Report of Country Risk of Overseas Investment from China has just been released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and provides a useful breakdown of how Chinese Overseas Direct Investment has been diversifying, mainly to Belt & Road Initiative partners. That is a continuing trend we first spotted back in 2013[…..]
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  July 1, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Belt & Road Financing & Investment To Expand In Key Middle East Logistics Hubs

  Trade Wars & Global Risk Lead Chinese & Asian Investment Into Arabia The Middle East region is set to witness further interest and investment from China and Far East Asia, mainly in the infrastructure and logistics sector as the belt and road (BRI) scheme further expands into the region, according to Savills, the real estate[…..]
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  June 29, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – June 29, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion White Elephant? China’s Belt & Road Deserves More Credit (South China Morning Post) Remolding China’s ‘Empty’ Belt & Road Initiative: An Opportunity For The EU (Egmont Institute) Demystifying The Belt & Road Initiative (Encompass Europe) One Belt One Road: China’s Revival Of Its ‘Middle Kingdom’ Dream – And[…..]
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  June 26, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s New Silk Road: Weekly Arts & Culture Round Up – June 26, 2020

  The Great Game: The Epic Story Behind Today’s BRI Headlines Peter Hopkirk’s spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asia has long been regarded as essential reading with that era’s legacy playing itself out today along China’s Belt & Road Initiative. The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across[…..]
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  June 25, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Belt & Road Initiative Military Strength On Display As Russian, Chinese, Indian & Central Asian Armies March At Moscow’s Red Square

  Event ignored by the West carries huge Eurasian geo-political significance  Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Russian, Chinese and Indian Military and Governments have thrown a statement of intent to the West in parading soldiers on Red Square yesterday, being the delayed Victory Parade concerning the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of WWII in 1945.[…..]
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  June 25, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  India Becomes Transportation Hub Of China’s Belt & Road Initiative As Co-Investments Increase

  Actual developments far different from official policy, media hype and recent events suggest concerning China-India connectivity Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China-India relations have been hitting the headlines recently, with skirmishes in the Galwan Valley near Ladakh leaving numerous soldiers dead in a fairly serious outbreak of violence. Both sides have agreed terms to back off[…..]
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  June 23, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Ruble, Yuan & Rupee To Dominate Future Belt & Road Eurasian Transactions

  Op/ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Moves by numerous countries to move away from US dollar transactions have been gathering steam, and look set to develop further as trust in the United States continues to slump in the wake of trade threats and overly aggressive use of the US dollar as a weapon. The attitude  towards the[…..]