Belt and Road Initiative – Page 29 – Asia Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

RCEP ushers transition to China’s order in East Asia

by Giovanni Di Lieto October 2, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, China, South Asia, World

RCEP the grand blueprint of Xi Jinping’s world trade game

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 28, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Wu Hong

China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Sino-Russian alliance creating a ‘Eurasian fortress’

by Frederick Kuo September 26, 2017

Pre-millennial declension: the year is 1999 and US President Bill Clinton (lower left) carries the conversation as Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima (upper left),
World Bank President James Wolfensohn (centre), Black Sea Economic Cooperaton Sec. General Vassil Ivanov Baytchev (right), and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (far right) listen, at an event in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo: AFP / Paul J. Richards

China, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, World

Risks of a new economic non-order as nations turn inward

by Mohamed A. El-Erian September 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) delivers a speech at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, China, on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kenzaburo Fukuhara / Pool

Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Despite skepticism, ‘BRICS Plus’ an idea worth pursuing

by Junaid Ashraf September 22, 2017

A man walks in Bangkok's central business area in a May 22, 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean shines bright in foreign investor surveys

by Alan Boyd September 22, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Shannon Stapleton

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

US the likely loser of trade war with China

by Ken Moak September 21, 2017

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears in New Delhi with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on April 10, 2017.
Turnbull visited India from April 9 to April 12. Photo: AFP / Money Sharma

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, World

Australia’s trade agenda under pressure in Afghanistan

by Giovanni Di Lieto September 20, 2017September 20, 2017

Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai. Chinese companies’ share of global electronics production, meanwhile, rose from 30% in 2012 to nearly 60% in 2016, and this share will rise to 87% by the end of the present year. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, Chengdu, China, European Union, India, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, World

Western contempt for China turns to panic

by Spengler September 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Iran is the key connectivity link in routes through both Central Asia and the Caucasus. Photo: iStockphoto/Getty

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

Iran turns The Art of the Deal upside down

by Pepe Escobar September 16, 2017February 18, 2020

South Korean Soldiers at the Joint Security Area facing the North Korean side of the border. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Mr Trump, tear down this (Korean) wall

by Pepe Escobar September 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tehran in 2016. Photo: Reuters

China, France, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

New freight train service from China to Iran opens

by Asia Unhedged September 16, 2017February 18, 2020

US soldiers prepare to raise the American flag during a memorial ceremony in Kabul to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

9/11 and the unsolvable Afghan drama

by Pepe Escobar September 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on September 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kenzaburo Fukuhara / Pool

Beijing, China, India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

China and India vie for BRICS market supremacy

by Gary Kleiman September 11, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump announces his strategy for Afghanistan during an address from Fort Myer, Virginia, on August 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Recipe for total war on the Grand Chessboard

by Bilal Khan September 11, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kenzaburo Fukuhara

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, World

The real BRICS bombshell

by Pepe Escobar September 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Source: EPC Synthetic Fibre Concrete Reinforcement/Youtube screen grab

China, Middle East, Turkey, World

World’s second-longest tunnel set to open in Turkey

by Asia Unhedged September 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Pakistani railway employees prepare a parade float decorated to mark the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ahead of Independence Day celebrations in August.Photo: AFP / Farooq Naeem

China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

CPEC key to economic success of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

by Junaid Ashraf August 25, 2017

Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks during a panel discussion on financial inclusion at the 2016 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on October 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/ Zach Gibson

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, World

Indonesia’s surprise interest rate cut follows weak growth

by Gary Kleiman August 24, 2017

US Army self-propelled howitzers take part in a military exercise near the DMZ in Paju, South Korea, on August 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War trap

by Pepe Escobar August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese national flag flies in front of the China Construction Bank (CCB) Tower in Hong Kong's Central business district. Photo: Reuters / Tyrone Siu

China’s ‘big four’ banks raise billions for Belt and Road

by Asia Unhedged August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump announces his strategy for Afghanistan during an address from Fort Myer, Virginia, on August 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

For Afghanistan, Trump should dust off Obama’s Syria plan

by Adam Garrie August 22, 2017

Pakistani and Chinese workers at the site of a Belt and Road project in northern Pakistan. Photo: AFP

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Belt and Road countries see record Chinese M&A deals

by Asia Unhedged August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Shi'ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters via Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

And the winners in the post-Daesh era are …

by Pepe Escobar August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

All about Belt and Road: Indian, Chinese media continue blame game

by Asia Unhedged August 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese and Indian patrols at the Doklam Plateau. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Standoff with China prompts revamp of India’s regional policies

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 15, 2017

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha shows the way to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting at Government House in Bangkok on August 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Rungroj Yongrit/Pool

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

Thailand belatedly focuses on its benighted banks

by Gary Kleiman August 10, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrates the second test-fire of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/via KCNA

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

North Korea: fire, fury and fear

by Pepe Escobar August 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Donald Trump was the most vocal anti-China candidate in the 2016 US presidential election. Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, World

A US-China trade war is the last thing the world needs

by Ken Moak August 9, 2017

Rebel fighters prepare to fire mortar shells toward forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Quneitra province, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on June 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Alaa Al-Faqir

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Oil bonanza in Golan may help grease wheels for BRI

by Christina Lin August 9, 2017August 9, 2017