Silk Road

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 7: China Railway Express crosses Istanbul's sub-sea tunnel, Marmaray ... (the railway system linking the eastern and western sides of Istanbul from under the Marmara Sea) in Istanbul, Turkey on November 7, 2019. The first freig…

I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.  Marcel Duchamp "Over the roughly one and half millennia of its existence, chess has been known as a tool of military strategy, a metaphor fo…

Facility at Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia in 2018. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters) The state-owned oil giants intent to go public is deeply problematic for the West, the United States, and the global economy.On November 9, the Kingd…

US-Australia-Japan alternative to Belt and Road helps explain why the US sent a junior delegation to Thailand and why India opted out of RCEP Chinese President Xi Jinping six years ago launched New Silk Roads, now better known as the Belt and Road Initiative…

One week into Saudi Aramco's mammoth initial public offering and the likely shape of the deal is already emerging. Investors with political or strategic reasons to buy the stock are in, while many international money managers seem ready to pass - at least un…

(Bloomberg) -- One week into Saudi Aramcos mammoth initial public offering and the likely shape of the deal is already emerging. Investors with political or strategic reasons to buy the stock are in, while many international money managers seem ready to pass …

Chinas vision for the future is Give Peace a Chance. It is also the title of one of John Lennons most prominent songs. It became the anthem for the anti-war movement, at the time of the US-waged war against Vietnam. John Lennon was a peace activist. No wonder…

When I order a cup of tea in Korea, where I live, I ask for cha (); when traveling in Japan, I ask for the honorific-affixed ocha (). In Spanish-speaking places I order té, which I try to pronounce as distinctly as possible from the thé I order in French-spea…

China's state-owned entities are in talks about investing $5 billion to $10 billion in Saudi oil giant Aramco's planned initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Beijing-based Silk Road Fund, state-owne…

China's Silk Road Fund, state-owned oil producer Sinopec (NYSE:SNP) and sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp. are among the groups that have been in talks to buy stakes in Saudi Aramco's (ARMCO) planned IPO, Bloomberg reports. The Chinese entities are…