Lithuania decided to quit China’s 17+1 mechanism in May 2021. Is the 17+1 mechanism still relevant? Or should we move to a 27+1 dialogue?
From 17+1 to 27+1 mechanism?
French-Chinese-German video summit, July 2021
On 5th July, Chinese President, Xi Jinping, held a virtual meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation
On 23rd June 2021, the Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi chaired the Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation.
Afghanistan:The heart of the New Silk Road strategy?
Afghanistan’s stability is an international challenge and may have consequences for the future of China’s BRI, particularly for the CPEC.
A lesson in seduction
President Xi Jinping unveiled in late May, a new diplomatic approach to give China a more “trustworthy, lovable and respectable” image.
The “Build Back Better World” programme
What is G7 “Build Back Better World” (B3W), and can it compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)?
China and the Kiribati airstrip
A first Belt and Road Initiative project may soon get developed in Kiribati by China. Beijing may renovate an airstrip in Kanton island.
Slovakia at the 5th Silk Road International Exposition
Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister for Finance and Minister of Economy Richard Sulík gave a speech at the ceremony of the Silk Road Expo.
Competition in Ethiopia’s telecom sector
In Ethiopia, the Silk Road Fund and the US-DFC are backing competiting projects in the newly open telecom sector.
Increased trade and more projects between Nepal and China
Nepali-Chinese relations have grown stronger since the beginning of the Belt and Road Initiative with new projects.