Belt and Road

During U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to India on Monday and Tuesday, he was led to a packed cricket stadium with about 100,000 people in Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat, the home of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Although many viewed this visit from the trade perspective, we cannot overlook that…

The New Silk Roads – or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – were launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013, first in Central Asia (Nur-Sultan) and then Southeast Asia (Jakarta). One year later, the Chinese economy overtook the U.S. on a PPP basis. Inexorably, year after year since the start…

A tectonic shift in America’s relations with China under Donald Trump’s presidency — one that Indian officials believe is here to stay and will outlast the current U.S. President — is providing a new impetus to defence, security, trade and technological cooperation between New Delhi and Washington in the region.The…

Since 2017, the United States government has released a few reports and fact sheets on its new Indo-Pacific Strategy. It’s impossible to analyse these texts and the speeches by high officials of the U.S. government because they are largely made up of empty phrases. For instance, what does the U.S.…

24 February 2020Author: Ngeow Chow Bing, University of MalayaAfter a historic 2018 election victory, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad and his Pakatan Harapan coalition seemed to be rolling back Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deals forged under his predecessor Najib Razak. Mahathir suspended the mostly China-financed US$20 billion East Coast…

Feb 24, 2020 at 10:00 UTCUpdated Feb 24, 2020 at 15:44 UTCByrne Hobart, a CoinDesk columnist, is an investor, consultant and writer in New York. His newsletter, The Diff (diff.substack.com) covers inflection points in finance and technology. In October, China’s President Xi Jinping said China should “seize the opportunity” to use…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Xi Jinping's government has been accused of a slow response to the outbreak As China struggles to contain the spread of the epidemic, the immediate impact of the coronavirus crisis is already upon us. Small numbers of foreign nationals are already ill. Governments whose citizens…

The human cost of China’s coronavirus outbreak is already painfully evident. But another kind of challenge – economic and political – is beginning to take hold.It’s as if the sprawling city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, was not just the birthplace of the virus, now officially…

Every January, 200 senior leaders from food and agribusinesses assemble in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at Harvard to explore the real challenges we face in feeding 9.8 billion people by 2050. This year was no exception. It is always a robust, spirited and uncomfortable three days -- one that makes your head…

DUBAI, UAE, Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summary: During an interview for the launch of Belt & Road Summit 2020 in Dubai, Mark Mobius said that the infrastructure development plays a critical role in unlocking a country's growth potential. He added, "Infrastructure is an investment opportunity for investors like us."Mark…