The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a major transportation link between far western Xinjiang Province in China and the port of Gwadar in south-western Pakistan, and is now considered by China to be a key element of the Belt & Road Initiative.
Opinion & Analysis China’s Rust Belt Looks To Belt & Road For Revitalisation (Belt Road Forum) New Rail Routes Between China and Asia Will Change Trade Patterns (Economist) Asia Is The New Global Disorder (Sputnik) Lessons From The Marshall Plan (Financial Times) The Twists And Turns Along China’s Belt & Road (Crisis Group) China Says[…..]
ANALYSIS & OPINION Three Reasons Why China’s Belt & Road will Succeed (Caixin) China’s Belt & Road – A Vision Encased In Steel (BHP Billiton) Miners Eye Boost From China’s Belt & Road Project (Financial Times) China Growth – A Growing Global Footprint (HSBC) Why Asia Is The Champion Of Globalization (The Globalist) Chinese Investment[…..]
Capacity problems between Malaszewicze and Brest for trains traveling between China and the EU has allowed Finland’s Kouvola rail hub to step in and take advantage.
TRADE & INVESTMENT Investing In China’s Free Trade Zones (China Briefing) Citigroup Targets Belt & Road To Boost China Revenue (Reuters) Railways Play Key Role In China-Europe Trade (Belt Road Forum) Belt & Road Foreign Investors Seek Greater Clarity (Finance Asia)
Moody’s Investors Service has issued a report stating that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will benefit its own economy, but will also pose challenges in how risk will be allocated between participating Chinese entities and other sovereign nations.
The latest in global Belt & Road analysis, finance, and infrastructure developments from this week.
India, Russia aim to create a maritime route connecting India with North East Asia and the Western Pacific. Another route extends from Mumbai through Iran’s Chabahar Port to European Russia.
The article reports on how Iran and Russia are cooperating with each other in developing rail and logistics infrastructure in the region.
Asia Now Has Most Wealthy & Most Wealth (Global Finance) China-Europe Rail Freight Continues To Soar (International Railway Journal) Yiwu Sends First Train To Prague (Belt Road Forum) China Merchants To Buy Brazils Second Largest Container Port (South China Morning Post) Russia, Iran Poised To Forge New Railroad Corridor Between Europe & Asia (Sputnik) China’s[…..]