Afghanistan’s stability is an international challenge and may have consequences for the future of China’s BRI, particularly for the CPEC.
Afghanistan:The heart of the New Silk Road strategy?
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.
“The Belt Road and Beyond” by Prof. Min Ye
Book review: Ye, M. (2020). The Belt Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China: 1998-2018. Cambridge University Press.
Australia cancels Victoria-China Belt and Road Initiative agreement
Australia cancelled the agreements signed between the state of Victoria and China on the BRI ; this would further harm China-Australia relations.
The BRI at the 20th Anniversary Boao Forum for Asia
At Boao Forum for Asia 2021, Hainan, China invited the world to cooperate with the Belt and Road Initiative to speed post-Covid19 recovery.