Tom Fowdy
14th June, 2021
At first glance, the West’s proposal for a global infrastructure investment programme similar to China’s looks impressive. But its intention to use private finance makes it impossible to take seriously.
Posts Tagged ‘Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)’
The G7’s Build Back Better spending plan to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a glorified PR stunt that’s destined to fail
Posted by seumasach on June 15, 2021
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The New Silk Roads reach the next level
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2019
Pepe Escobar
29th April, 2019
The Belt and Road Forum in Beijing was a graphic demonstration of how tactical adjustments are essential to enhance the appeal of a complex overall strategy. Talk about a turbo-charged 4.0 version of the legendary Deng Xiaoping maxim “crossing the river while feeling the stones.”
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China seeks to reassure Europe at Croatia summit
Posted by seumasach on April 22, 2019
Addressing the session in Dubrovnik, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described the decision to join the Chinese initiative as “a very crucial moment for global and regional developments.”
“We have to leave behind the crisis and find new models of regional and global cooperation,” he said, adding that it must be done with “full respect” of the EU rules, Tsipras said.
12th April, 2019
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — China’s prime minister promised Friday that his government will respect European standards and fair trade, seeking to allay concerns that it is flouting European Union competition rules with huge investments on the continent.
Posted in Battle for Europe, Multipolar world | Tagged: 16+1 summit between Eastern and Central European nations and China, Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) | Leave a Comment »
China’s belt and road continues to win over Europe while technocrats scream and bowl
Posted by seumasach on April 22, 2019
Mathew Ehret
20th April, 2019
On April 10th, China’s Premier Li Keqiang celebrated the completion of the 1st phase of the 2.5 kilometer Chinese-built Pelgesac Bridge in Croatia across the Bay of Mali Ston alongside Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. This ceremony marked a striking victory as the following day ushered in an important 16+1 Heads of State summit that saw Greece inducted as the newest member of a new alliance of Central and Eastern European nations who wish to cooperate with China. At this summit held on April 12, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated that this was “a very crucial moment for global and regional developments” and “we have to leave behind the crisis and find new models of regional and global cooperation.”
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European nations should join BRI
Posted by seumasach on April 15, 2019
Ken Moak
15th April, 2019
This may come as shock to many, but it is in the best interest of Europe that it joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Contrary to the anti-China rhetoric, the BRI is not a “debt trap,” but in fact a brilliant vehicle to promote economic growth and geopolitical stability across the globe.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, China-EU cooperation | Leave a Comment »
Why US-China trade deal is coming, in two charts
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2019
The tariff battle has left the US bloodied more so than China, a fact that cannot be lost on Trump
Trump will declare victory no doubt, but the real question remains: will he begin to open up the US to Chinese investment, to buy into the Belt and Road Initiative?
David P.Goldman
4th April, 2019
China’s stock market performance continues without taking a breath, and the next round of trade news should keep the momentum going.
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Belt and Road Initiative in full swing in Europe
Posted by seumasach on April 4, 2019
Federico Pieraccini
3rd April, 2019
The multipolar transformation that is occurring across the Eurasian continent confirms the industrial and diplomatic cooperation between China and the European continent in spite of strong opposition from the United States.
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Back in the (great) game: the revenge of Eurasian land powers
Posted by seumasach on September 1, 2018
Pepe Escobar
29th August, 2018
Get ready for a major geopolitical chessboard rumble: from now on, every butterfly fluttering its wings and setting off a tornado directly connects to the battle between Eurasia integration and Western sanctions as foreign policy.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), Germany-Russia-China alliance, New Eurasian Century | Leave a Comment »
Putin and Xi top the G6+1
Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2018
“In parallel, diplomats in Brussels confirmed to Asia Times there are insistent rumbles about Trump possibly dreaming of a G3 composed of just US, Russia and China.”
With all going quiet on the home front and the campaign to indite Trump as some kind of Russian agent, Trump may finally be moving towards the logical next step for US foreign policy: the establishment of the USA as a pole within the new multipolar world order. This would be a huge , historic development and one made possible, if it is possible, by the strong executive power inherent in the US constitution. The nightmare of the left liberals, Trump, Putin and Xi bestriding the world would, nonetheless, lay the foundations for peace on earth.
Pepe Escobar
10th June, 2018
East vs. West: the contrast between the “dueling summits” this weekend was something for the history books.
All hell broke loose at the G6+1, otherwise known as G7, in La Malbaie, Canada, while all focused on divine Eurasian integration at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China’s Qingdao in Shandong, the home province of Confucius.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), China, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway, China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership, G3(Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), USA) | Leave a Comment »
Marco Polo in reverse: how Italy fits in the New Silk Roads
Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2018
Pepe Escobar
12th March, 2018
The Chinese economy is bound to surpass the 19-nation eurozone before the end of the year. You don’t need to be an analyst in China to know that. Common knowledge from Guangdong to Gansu is that China’s economy was bigger than Europe’s up to the mid-19th century. Then came a bad spell – unleashed by Brit gunboat diplomacy – for a short 150 years.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB), Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), New Eurasian Century, Trans-European Network – Transport (Ten-T), Venice Offshore-Onshore Port System (Voops) | Leave a Comment »
‘Quad’ version of Belt and Road feels like a South China Sea Watch
Posted by seumasach on February 28, 2018
Pepe Escobar
24th February, 2018
The Quad – comprising the United States, Japan, India and Australia – was set up a decade ago, ostensibly as an Asia-centered security cooperation mechanism. Funnily enough, Beijing always suspected it actually represented a containment strategy.
Posted in Containing China, Multipolar world | Tagged: Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), China Australian cooperation, Chinese soft power, End of empire, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue(QUAD) | Leave a Comment »
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