Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Mongolia is a landlocked, huge country lying between China and Russia. About the size of Western Europe, it has a population of about 3 million, of whom about 50% are subsistence, nomadic herders and farmers. The terrain includes oceans of grass steppes, high altitude mountains, forests, and a large chunk of[…..]
North China, Japan and Korea All Rely On Vladivostok For Eurasian Trade Chris Devonshire-Ellis at the Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Russian President, Vladimir Putin gave an extensive speech at the Plenary session of the Far Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok last week as he outlined plans to develop the[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China Belt & Road Initiative’s Conundrum: Economic Growth Vs. Sustainability (Fortune) China’s Accidental Belt & Road Turns Six (Foreign Policy) Belt & Road Needs Its Own Asset Class (Caixin) China’s One Belt One Road – Forecast To 2030 – Emergence Of Lucrative Trade Corridors (Research & Markets) Belt[…..]
Vladivostok Moving Towards Asia As Demand Increases And FTA Start to Kick In Multilateral Trade Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Far Eastern Economic Forum has just concluded in Vladivostok, with Russian President Vladimir Putin hosting guests Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, Battulga Khaltmaa, the President of[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Singapore is scheduled to sign a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on October 25th, according to Veronika Nikishina, Minister in Charge of Trade of the EAEU at the Far Eastern Economic Forum yesterday afternoon. Speaking at the session “Russia & The EAEU in the Asia Pacific” Nikishina[…..]
Mongolian Bilateral Trade Rises 21% With Russia & 27% With China, As Better Rail Connectivity Is Urged Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia’s State Rail operator RZD will modernize Mongolia’s rail network to develop the country’s transit potential, in an interview with Mongolia’s Udriin Sonin newspaper. He has just[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Indian Prime Minister Modi Looks To Re-Connect India At Far Eastern Economic Forum India’s historic connections with Central Asia have long been curtailed since the 1947 partition of Pakistan, in addition to the constant wars on-going in Afghanistan effectively removing New Delhi from meaningful border connections between the regions. Yet prior[…..]
Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Belt & Road: Power And Communication (Asia Dialogue) Networking The Belt & Road – The Future Is Digital (Merics) The Emerging Markets In China’s Belt & Road Initiative (Silk Road Briefing) Casting An Eye On The Belt & Road Initiative (Stratfor) China’s Belt & Road Risks Paris Climate[…..]
Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Productivity In China’s New Developing Supply Chain Still Has Some Way To Go China’s MOFCOM and various news media outlets such as Xinhua, the People’s Daily and Global Times do their bit in both promoting the development of the Belt & Road Initiative and the impact it is having on China[…..]
More Joint Financing as China Looks To Russia To Replace US Produced Trade War Affected Products Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Russia’s VEB Bank, which acts as the National Development Bank, has been stepping up interaction with its Chinese strategic partner the China Development Bank (CDB) to better align the development strategies of the two countries.[…..]