Belt and Road Initiative – Page 30 – Asia Times

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

New order: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese Presdient Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey

Turkish military electronics firm’s success a sign of growing China integration

by Asia Unhedged August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu during their meeting in Beijing on August 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Roman Pilipey/Pool

Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, World

China, Turkey seek bridge over troubled waters of Mideast

by Shazar Shafqat August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan. Photo: Reuters/Aly Song

Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Against all odds, BRICS nations get their act together

by Pepe Escobar August 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders arrive for a photo during the Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing last May. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

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Official: China will ease curbs on outbound investment — especially for Belt and Road projects

by Asia Unhedged July 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A construction site on the Chinese side of the China-Kazakhstan Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Khorgos, China. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, World

Q&A: Cooperation between ADB, AIIB a complex ballet

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large July 18, 2017February 18, 2020

The symbol used for Russia's Kolion. Photo: iStock

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Tianjin, World

Asian Development Bank wary of Russia’s AIIB membership

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large July 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron shake hands on July 13, 2017. Reuters / Alain Jocard

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

The Sun King and The American Friend

by Pepe Escobar July 17, 2017February 18, 2020

India says it was invited to intervene dispute in the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Sino-Indian military standoff threatens regional security

by Kadayam Subramanian July 17, 2017July 18, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes his troops. Photo: Reuters via KCNA

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

United States vs China: chess game, not war

by Tom Velk July 14, 2017July 17, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China's leader Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP

China, Russia, World

String of deals cements Russia’s role in Belt and Road

by Asia Unhedged July 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Barricades burn as protesters clash with riot police during the protests at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. Photo:Reuters /Pawel Kopczynski

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, China, European Union, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Nay-sayers greatly exaggerating downfall of free trade

by Carlos Miguel Gutierrez July 11, 2017

Honeywell's two-stage compressor for fuel cells has helped reduce the size of earlier hydrogen fuel cells by 40% while supplying constant power ratings far above previous industry generations. Photo: Honeywell International

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Macau, Middle East, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Turkey, World

US multinationals angle for inside track in Belt and Road push

by Doug Tsuruoka July 1, 2017February 18, 2020

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AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Hong Kong’s big Southeast Asia opportunity

by Asia Unhedged June 29, 2017February 18, 2020

A model of the Hualong One nuclear reactor is displayed at the CNNC booth at an expo in Beijing on April 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Third-gen Chinese nuclear technology arrives in Karachi

by Sabena Siddiqui June 23, 2017

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, attends a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul on June 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

China’s Afghanistan-Pakistan mediation: Mission impossible

by Sudha Ramachandran June 21, 2017

No backing down – United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

US unlikely to act on anti-China rhetoric

by Ken Moak June 17, 2017June 18, 2017

South Korea's president Moon Jae-in. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Moon: Obor finished when South and North Korea connected by rails

by Asia Unhedged June 17, 2017February 18, 2020

The Modi Doctrine envisages expanding Indian influence in East Asia. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Why India is switching from a Look East to an Act East policy

by Sudhanshu Tripathi June 15, 2017June 20, 2017

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to keep his job, based on surveys of voters ahead of the general election on October 22, 2017.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Abe’s endorsement of OBOR about competition more than cooperation

by Asia Unhedged June 15, 2017February 18, 2020

China's COSCO shipping has suspended services to Qatar after several Arab countries severed diplomatic ties with the Gulf state. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Blood on the tracks of the New Silk Roads

by Pepe Escobar June 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Stanislav Krasilnikov/Tass/Host Photo Agency/Pool

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Proposed North-South Transport Corridor not just BRI rival

by Sudha Ramachandran June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

A local resident greets Chinese and African workers on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway. Photo: Qin bin / Imaginechina

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

China’s Obor could keep African economies moving

by Doug Tsuruoka June 12, 2017February 18, 2020

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

Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Moscow’s unrealistic vision for Belt and Road

by Asia Unhedged June 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Shinzo Abe. Photo: Reuters/Peter Nicholls

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Japan ready to cooperate on Belt and Road says Abe

by Asia Unhedged June 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Fund manager Mark Mobius. Source: Financial Times Youtube screen grab

Mobius: Iron-ore supply-demand stable, despite wild price swings

by Asia Unhedged May 31, 2017February 18, 2020

By 2027, Goldman Sachs predicts that China will overtake the United States as the world’s preeminent economic power. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

OBOR: How infrastructure funding trumps geopolitics

by Jon Connars May 30, 2017May 30, 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi and Xi Jinping (R) pose before a meeting in Beijing. REUTERS/Rolex Dela Pena

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Myanmar, World

Getting no love from the West, Myanmar turns to the warm embrace of China

by Asia Unhedged May 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan's minister of state for economic and fiscal policy, Nobuteru Ishihara, leaves a meeting of the TPP-11 held on the sidelines of the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Hanoi in May. Photo: Reuters / Hong Dinh Nam

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Not quite dead: how Trump-spurned TPP could be resuscitated

by Xuan Loc Doan May 24, 2017

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before a bilateral meeting during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Etienne Oliveau/Pool

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, World

Western critics should not be so skeptical of Belt and Road

by Ken Moak May 20, 2017