After several-month-interruption, the French Hauts-de-France region is once again connected to China’s Zhejiang province by rail.
A new line between Hauts-de-France and Zhejiang
China-Europe rail freight transport to set new records in Summer 2020
In Summer 2020, China-Europe rail freight transport surged. Europeans needs to sustain this trend when the pandemic is over.
Malaysia in the BRI again
On April 12, 2019, the Malaysian government announced that they agreed with China to resume the East Coast Rail link, a BRI project.
Greece officially joins the BRI
On August 27, 2018, Greek and Chinese foreign ministers Nikos Kotzias and Wang Yi signed a memorandum of understanding regarding cooperation within the framework of the “Belt and Road Initiative”.
Decathlon and the new Silk Roads
On 17 November 2017, Dourges rail station in northern France welcomed the first freight train containing only Decathlon brand products imported from China. This train, which left Wuhan on October 28 in Hubei Province, took less than 20 days to
Thailand’s high speed train to China
In late August 2017, the Government of Thailand announced that the construction of a high-speed train line between Bangkok and Nong Khai, a border town next Laos, will start next October. The first phase of this project will consist of
Sino-Spanish meeting in Astana
On June 9, 2017, King of Spain Felipe VI met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The King of Spain recalled his country’s interest in the Belt and Road initiative. The Chinese president said that
Manzhouli, a gateway to the OBOR
Manzhouli in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia is becoming a major hub of the new Silk Road. The city has long been a place of exchange between China, Russia and Mongolia, but the OBOR project has strengthened its position.