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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[…..]
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  July 17, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Belt & Road’s Trans-Himalayan Economic Corridor

  Connecting China With Nepal and India May Be A Step Too Far For Delhi Even As Land & Talent Go To Waste Although India is not officially part of China’s Belt & Road Initiative, it is involved. The Trans-Himalayan Economic Corridor is a Belt & Road project that connects China with Nepal and India, although[…..]
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  July 17, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  What is India’s “IDEAS” Belt & Road Alternative Project?

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Bringing the proposed Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Corridor and the BIMSTEC Nations into Focus India’s recently announced “IDEAS” plan to act as a counter to China’s Belt & Road Initiative has its roots in an announcement in March 2018 by the Indian Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharamen that the Indian Government would provide more resources[…..]
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  July 15, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – July 15, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Navigating The Belt & Road Initiative (Asia Society) China’s Belt & Road Initiative – Status Report (Lowy Institute) The Belt & Road Initiative: Towards A New World Order (Modern Diplomacy) China’s Belt & Road Initiative: From The Inside Looking Out (Lowy Institute) The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: A Vehicle[…..]