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  July 31, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  What Would Beijing Do If It, Not London, Managed The British Commonwealth?

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China Is Taking Over A Long Term British Asset That London Has Been Ignoring    With the new British Prime Boris Johnson in play in the United Kingdom, signs are that London will be playing hardball with the EU over Brexit. He has refused to meet any EU leaders until they[…..]
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  July 31, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Belt & Road’s Business Secret: Cashflow Opportunities Come After Infrastructure Development

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Many years ago I attended a private audience with then Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. He and the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, had been largely responsible for forging an exciting atmosphere of can-do achievement in China, both in terms of opening up the country to foreign investment, as well as embarking on[…..]
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  July 30, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  How Many Wind Turbines and Solar Panels Does China’s Belt & Road Initiative Need?

  Op/Ed By Andre Wheeler Tracking the effect of global warming on Chinese and Global Shipping is not an exact science The recent IPCC report warning of a catastrophic climate change caused by mankind essentially predicts a global warming average of 1.5 °C. It has lead to headlines by both global media and several highly regarded[…..]
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  July 29, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Chinese Ambassador Uses Estonian Public Relations To Beat Up Trump Over Huawei

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Li Chau, China’s Ambassador to Estonia, has written an extraordinary, signed letter to the Estonian newspaper Postimees in which he uses the opportunity to both praise China’s relations with the small Baltic state, but also takes up half the text attacking an unnamed United States over Huawei. The letter links the[…..]
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  July 29, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  International Lawyers Dentons Set Up JV Belt & Road Centre in Xinjiang Province

  The international law firm Dentons has established a legal service center for companies doing business with Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Province. The move is being touted as an effort to provide the necessary services for business opportunities presented by the Belt & Road Initiative.
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  July 29, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – July 29, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Outsourcing Appears To Be China’s Workaround For US Tariffs (Voice of America) China’s Risky Bets (Eurasia Review) Why Unsustainable Chinese Infrastructure Deals Are A Two-Way Street (Carnegie-Tsinghua Center) China’s Belt & Road Ports Raise Red Flags Over Military Plans (Asia Nikkei) Belt & Road Is Here To Stay[…..]
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  July 25, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Britain’s New PM Boris Johnson Praises The Belt & Road Initiative – Could An EU Exit Mean A UK BRI Deal?

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis What Are The UK’s Trade Options As Regards China, ASEAN, India & The Central Asian Belt & Road? The new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has stated that “We are very enthusiastic about the Belt & Road Initiative, very interested in what President Xi is doing.” in an interview with Hong[…..]
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  July 23, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  How Chinese Contractors are Winning EU Infrastructure Projects

  Although most EU infrastructure projects are undertaken by EU-based contractors, a small but increasing number of big projects have been won by Chinese contractors.
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  July 22, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – July 22, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Most Countries Don’t Know How Much They Owe China — And It’s A Lot (The Print) China’s Got the World by the Throat (Bloomberg) The Increasing Security Focus in China’s Arctic Policy (The Arctic Institute) China’s Digital Silk Road Could Decide the US-China Competition (The Diplomat) China Clothing[…..]
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  July 18, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  How To Obtain Tax Incentives & Funding For Belt & Road Project Contracts

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Tax Reductions & Financing Await For Belt & Road Investors – If You Know Where To Look And Who To Ask China’s Belt and Road Initiative now includes over 125 countries, making the task of analyzing available tax incentives along the routes somewhat complex. By definition, this means referring to the[…..]