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  March 4, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Asia’s Highest Altitude Tunnel Completed, Will Link Gansu & Qinghai To Russia and Vietnam

  Op/ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Asia’s Highest Tunnel, located in Northwest China’s Qilian Mountains, was fully connected on Tuesday (March 2), breaking the transport bottleneck between landlocked Gansu & Qinghai Provinces and boosting the flow of Goods and Services in the region. The Dongshan Tunnel, part of the Sunan-Qilian section of the G213 national highway, is[…..]
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  March 3, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China, Russia & India Take The Lead In Global Covid Vaccine Manufacturing & Distribution

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China, Russia and India Now Exporting Covid-19 Vaccines Globally While US and EU Defer  Millions of Doses Exported Prior To National Programs Completed Decisions Not To Share Now May Come Back To Haunt The West Later  
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  March 2, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s African Belt & Road Initiative – It’s Not What You Think It Is

  It’s Far More Complicated Than That Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s moves into Africa are in fact a great case study into how the Belt & Road Initiative actually works. While most of the media commentary has been on the infrastructure, there is rather a lot more at play. In this article, I will demonstrate[…..]
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  February 28, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – March 01, 2021

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Mapping The Belt & Road Initiative: Reach, Implications, Consequences (ORF) Gravitas Plus: The Belt And Road Initiative (WIO) China’s GDP Makes Up 17% Of The World Economy In 2020 (Global Times) Dual Circulation, A New Stimulus For Belt And Road Cooperation (China.Org) Climate Cooperation With China Can Power[…..]
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  February 26, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Free Trade Agreements Along The Belt & Road Initiative

  Developing Supply Chains Are Reflecting Growing Chinese Influence Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  The elimination of tariffs and taxes is always a boom for exporters and is something that China has taken advantage of very effectively over the past two decades. When China first began its journey towards becoming the massive manufacturing giant it is today, it attracted foreign manufacturers,[…..]
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  February 24, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Minimizing Risk: Developing Internal Systems and Financial Audit IT For The Digital Belt & Road Initiative

  Dealing with audits of Digital Assets New Technologies require new auditing expertise The situation is magnified when multiplied by 140 BRI countries
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  February 23, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Hong Kong Repositioned As A Belt And Road Arbitration Centre

  In November last year, China’s Supreme People’s Court and the Hong Kong Government signed the ”Supplemental Arrangement Concerning the Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong SAR”. The agreement is widely expected to enhance the enforcement process and serve as an expansion of the 2000 Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral[…..]
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  February 21, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – February 22, 2021

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Opportunities, Risks & Potential Within The Belt & Road Initiative 2021 (Silk Road Briefing) Foreign Investment Opportunities For International Belt & Road Project Operational Contractors (Silk Road Briefing) An American Belt & Road Initiative? (Wall Street Journal) China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative (CSS) Not All Roads Lead To[…..]
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  February 19, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  New High-Speed Egyptian Rail To Link Red & Mediterranean Seas

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  New rail link not part of BRI but links to BRI projects Example of international cooperation with Belt & Road Initiative Egypt is part of AfCFTA which began January 1 and promotes free trade throughout Africa.
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  February 18, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Using Paris Club Creditor Methods To Extend Debt Treatment For Belt and Road Initiative Repayment Holidays

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Kenya BRI debt renegotiated for 6 year term Payments immediately suspended until June 2021 Expected Nairobi – Naivasha rail travel revenues have dried up due to Covid China following and offering better terms than Western creditors