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  December 4, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Prince Charles Versus Xi Jinping : Where The British Empire Meets The Belt And Road Initiative

  The recent British Royal Tour to New Zealand was somewhat overshadowed by the media coverage of Prince Andrews ill-advised interview concerning dodgy sexual escapades, however in an overlooked incident, a Gentlemanly gesture has the potential to create a little push-back against China’s Belt & Road Initiative. As part of the New Zealand trip, the Prince[…..]
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  December 2, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The United States : The Second Largest Belt And Road Beneficiary After China

  CEBR Issues Report Stating US Will Gain US$400 Billion From Chinese Global Belt & Road Infrastructure Improvements A report issued by the UK based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) indicates that the United States, despite its criticism of China’s Belt & Road Initiative, is actually a beneficiary of the scheme. The report, which was[…..]
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  December 2, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  52 Out Of 68 Belt & Road National Economies Improved In 2019

  Euromoney have just released their Belt & Road Results Index for Q3 2019, and reported that out of 68 national economies that have signed up to the Belt & Road Initiative, 52 of them have seen rising GDP and/or improving investor climates. The Euromoney Belt and Road Index combines International Monetary Fund (IMF) GDP figures with[…..]
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  December 2, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – December 02, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Europe Needs China’s Billions. But Does It Know The Price? (The Guardian) Europe Needs Its Own Belt & Road Initiative (Financial Times) Europe And China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Growing Concerns, More Strategy (Egmont Institute) The One Trillion Euro Idea (Berlin Policy Journal) China’s Belt & Road Initiative:[…..]
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  November 29, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Kazakhstan’s 2019 Development Along The Belt & Road

  The World Bank has stated this month that Kazakhstan has the lowest rate of poverty in Central Asia. Also, in the Central Asian region, where the population is growing quickly, the absolute number of people living in poverty has fallen. The pace of this progress however is slowing down. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan moved up three spots[…..]
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  November 27, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  AIM, China, Sign Belt & Road Investment MoU

  Coup for China in Middle Eastern BRI Promotions Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), the Dubai based investment platform, and China Venture Capital Research Institute (CVCRI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a long-term strategic partnership to share resources and to boost investment opportunities within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The MoU was signed[…..]
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  November 26, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  First Baltic Direct Belt & Road Train Reaches Poland’s Gdansk Port

  Poland’s Gdansk Port has received the inaugural Euro-China Train (ECT), as China’s Belt and Road Initiative realizes a direct link to the Baltic Sea.
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  November 25, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – November 25, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion The China Challenge (Harvard) What Is America’s “Blue Dot” Infrastructure Network? (Silk Road Briefing) US Late In Pushing Blue Dot To Counter China’s Belt & Road (Asia Nikkei) China’s Belt & Road Initiative Is Tying The World Together – But What’s The End Game? (Archpaper) BRI Could Provide[…..]
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  November 21, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The BRICS Nations Are Headed For 50% Of Global GDP By 2030. This Is What It Could Mean For Developing Global Supply Chains & Emerging Consumer Markets.

  Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Presidents and Prime Ministers of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa have just returned from the annual BRICS summit, held this year in Brasilia. At the close of the event, the five leaders jointly issued a declaration of intent, part of the content which I covered in the article[…..]
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  November 20, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  BRICS New Development Bank To Expand Into Private Sector Lending

  The New Development Bank has been called upon to make greater contributions to the economic and social development of the BRICS countries, as well as emerging market economies and developing world in general.