By Sun Xi This month marks the 40th anniversary of the official beginning of China’s reform and opening-up, when the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of […]
Forty years of reform: China vs Singapore
Massive trial run ahead of HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opening
Xi Jinping or Li Keqiang may open the new bridge and drive the new route to pay a symbolic visit to Hong Kong The countdown has begun for the long-awaited inauguration of […]
It’s BRI against Indo-Pacific all over again
Modi and Xi meeting could have a crucial SCO subplot focusing on security and economic cooperation By Pepe Escobar All bets are off on the outcome of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
Russia’s Far East accounts for a quarter of national FDI
Long overlooked, the vast region is starting to draw overseas investor interest, although analysts say a recent government report is over-optimistic Russia’s resource-rich and sparsely populated Far Eastern region is – perhaps […]
Indonesia needs China to get back on track
Presidential advisor Luhut Panjaitan tells Asia Times his nation needs more, not less, Chinese investment despite rising criticism of becoming a client state By John McBeth Intent on getting the US$5.9 billion […]
A man, a plan, a canal…Thailand?
Ex-top brass appeal to new King Vajiralongkorn to bless building the long-envisioned Kra canal; China is keen to start digging General Saiyud Kerdphol, the military engineer of Thailand’s winning Cold War-era anticommunism […]
An Inside Look At The New Crossroads Of Eurasia: Azerbaijan’s New Port Of Baku
Wade Shepard The place was literally and figuratively a crossroads. It wasn’t just the point where north-south highways and rail lines met their east-west compliments but the turning point of an entire […]
Polar Silk Road: Why Russia’s Northern Sea Route is the Best Option for China
Russia’s Northern Sea Route emerges as the best option for Beijing’s “Polar Silk Road” project, RIA Novosti contributor Dmitry Lekukh underscores. Besides developing the secure transit routes along the Russian Arctic and […]
Laos dances to survive between China and Vietnam
While often portrayed as a pliant client to its larger neighbors, Vientiane’s balancing act is more astute than widely recognized By John McBeth With its sparse 6.7 million population, land-locked Laos […]
China’s Alaska deal makes Russia shudder
Three Chinese state-run corporations signed an agreement with the government of the US State of Alaska on the production of liquefied natural gas on the territory of the state with its subsequent […]
India Considers Its Own ‘Silk Road’, Invites Iran to Join In
India has pitched the idea of a transport corridor to Iran, Russia, the Caucasus region and Central Asia as an alternative to China’s “One Belt, One Road” project The proposed corridor, dubbed […]
China advances ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ strategy to dominate Eurasia, Africa
By World Tribune Special to WorldTribune.com by William R. Hawkins, FamilySecurityMatters.org On May 14-15, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) hosted the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The Beijing meeting […]
How China Managed to Overcome Global Economic Slowdown?
While Beijing is preparing to hold the One Belt, One Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 14-15, Xinhua has stepped forward to bust the myth that China’s New Silk Road project […]
Philippines – ‘Dutertenomics’ envisions a golden age
Manila has announced ambitious new infrastructure spending plans, an unprecedented US$173 billion fiscal push to catapult competitiveness and growth By Joel Adriano The Philippines has announced ambitious new infrastructure spending plans, […]
One Belt, One Road Strategy: Big Dream, Not a Conspiracy
Tom McGregor Beijing pledged to spend more than $1 trillion dollars to build major infrastructure projects for countries signed up in the regions — Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe, Oceania and Central Asia. The initiative would benefit […]
Chinese investment in Africa – Djibouti
Chinese investment in Djibouti can turn the smallest country on the African Horn into a Mecca for tourists, according to Osman Abdi Mohamed, managing director of the National Tourism Board. Sputnik takes […]
Russian Nuclear Giant Rosatom on the Front Lines of Moscow’s Arctic Expansion
Recently, officials from over a dozen countries gathered in Arkhangelsk, Russia for the international forum ‘The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’. Among the forum’s senior participants was Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom. Officials […]
Why the Arctic is Set to Become Driver of the Russian Economy
Last week, President Putin took part in the fourth International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk, northern Russia. As Russian business news portal Expert Online points out, the area is at the crossroads of […]
Cambodia – Auto parts makers steer toward Poipet
For nearly two decades, Poipet was a one-trick pony, relying on the casinos huddled around its Thai border crossing for its economic fortune. But now a different type of cluster is […]
Who Will Rebuild Syria After the War?
Not a single country is capable of restoring Syria, a country devastated by a nearly six-year-long war, on its own, Abdullah al-Dardari, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and […]
Vietnam to become global seafood processing center
Vietnam is likely to become a global seafood processing center in the future thanks to its competitive labour cost and increasing number of high-quality processing facilities, an expert has said According to […]
Project update – Power of Siberia gas pipeline
The Power of Siberia gas pipeline, or the so-called eastern route, which is to deliver Russian natural gas to China, will become operational by 2020, according to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) […]
Iran getting closer to BRICS
It seems that EU (generally NATO) members are missing a great opportunity under pressure from USA. Just as with sanctions against Russia, EU is allowing USA to impose their political (and […]
Russia & Japan Energy Ring Project
Japanese telecom firm SoftBank has proposed setting up a joint venture with Russia’s Rosset as a step toward power transfers from Russia’s Far East to the island nation, a senior minister […]
