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  March 14, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – March 15, 2021

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion The Continuing Mystery Of The Belt And Road (The Diplomat) Advantage China: Digital Silk Road Looks To Upset US Tech Supremacy (Investment Monitor) The Belt And Road And The Pandemic Detour (Lowy lnstitute) How China Is Expanding Global Influence Via Debt Trap Diplomacy (The Wire) Xi Jinping’s Dream[…..]
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  March 11, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Pulls Out Of Polluting Belt & Road Initiative Projects

  Beijing backs away from financing Bangladeshi coal power plants  Comes after promises to promote eco-friendly BRI developments 
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  March 11, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China and Russia’s Joint Venture Belt and Road to the Moon

  Russia, China planning permanent lunar base Russia and China have signed a memorandum agreeing to create an international lunar research station, as Moscow and Beijing look to amalgamate their expertise to further advance space exploration. While Russia has a long history of space exploration, China has only recently begun to make exploring the cosmos one of[…..]
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  March 10, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Indonesia’s Biak Island Not A Good Example of The US Belt & Road Alternative

  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis De-Forestation, Pollution, Environmental Damage and Military Suppression Not A Good Advert For US Investment In Indonesia
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  March 10, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Beijing Prioritizes ‘Polar Silk Road’ At Two Sessions Meetings

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Proposed New Trans-Polar Route Faster Than the Northern Sea Passage  Implications for China-Europe Trade & Shipping Vessel Designs
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  March 8, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Prioritizes Sichuan-Tibet Rail and Western Land-Maritime Corridor At Two Sessions Meeting

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Schemes provide seaport access for Tibet and Sichuan to ASEAN Possible future access to India via Nyingtri Guangxi coast will see huge Port development Implications also for Hainan Island   Opens up access to China’s hinterlands of 280 million people The recent ‘Two Sessions’ meetings in Beijing have been much covered in[…..]
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  March 7, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – March 08, 2021

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion How To Asymmetrically Out-Compete Xi Jinping’s Belt & Road Initiative (War On The Rocks) Is BRI Forever Caught Between Prosperity And Power? (CGTN) China Is Not Ten Feet Tall (Foreign Affairs) Mapping The Belt & Road Initiative (ORF) Chinese Belt and Road Investment Isn’t All Bad—Or Good (Foreign[…..]
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  March 5, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Pakistan, Afghanistan & Uzbekistan Agree 573km Connecting Railway

  Trans-Afghan Railway To Provide Links From Russia, Uzbekistan Through Pakistan To The Arabian Gulf 
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  March 4, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Asia’s Highest Altitude Tunnel Completed, Will Link Gansu & Qinghai To Russia and Vietnam

  Op/ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Asia’s Highest Tunnel, located in Northwest China’s Qilian Mountains, was fully connected on Tuesday (March 2), breaking the transport bottleneck between landlocked Gansu & Qinghai Provinces and boosting the flow of Goods and Services in the region. The Dongshan Tunnel, part of the Sunan-Qilian section of the G213 national highway, is[…..]
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  March 3, 2021 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China, Russia & India Take The Lead In Global Covid Vaccine Manufacturing & Distribution

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China, Russia and India Now Exporting Covid-19 Vaccines Globally While US and EU Defer  Millions of Doses Exported Prior To National Programs Completed Decisions Not To Share Now May Come Back To Haunt The West Later