Belt & Road BLOG

Our weekly blog discusses a range of key topics related to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). We encourage a plurality of views on the BRI and regularly invite guest contributors. We welcome all feedback and are open to guest contributions, please get in touch if you have an idea you would like to contribute. For real-time BRI updates, please follow us on Twitter.

Xi’s centralization of power makes SOE reform easier

Xi’s centralization of power makes SOE reform easier

GeopoliticalBeltandroad.blogMarch 4, 2018BeltandRoad, china, soe, stateownedenterprise, twotermlimit, xijinping, xijinpingthought Comments

China’s Asymmetric FDI Policies Threaten the Success of the Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Asymmetric FDI Policies Threaten the Success of the Belt and Road Initiative

GeopoliticalBeltandroad.blogFebruary 25, 2018 Comments

'Made in China' is here to stay

'Made in China' is here to stay

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogFebruary 18, 2018arab, automation, china, goods, infrastructure, logistics, manufacturing, market, middleeast, near-sourcing, Trade, wholesale, yiwu Comments

One Belt, One Road, One Korea?

One Belt, One Road, One Korea?

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogFebruary 10, 2018BeltandRoad, bri, china, connectivity, DPRK, eurasia, EurasiaInitiative, infrastructure, korea, northkorea, peninsula, ROK, silkroad, southkorea Comments

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is neither a strategy, nor a vision. It is a process.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is neither a strategy, nor a vision. It is a process.

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogFebruary 4, 2018 Comments

Is the Belt & Road Initiative a two-way street? The case of China’s trillion-dollar E-commerce market

Is the Belt & Road Initiative a two-way street? The case of China’s trillion-dollar E-commerce market

DigitalBeltandroad.blogJanuary 28, 2018 Comments

Belt and Road facilitating entry of Chinese products in Africa

Belt and Road facilitating entry of Chinese products in Africa

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogJanuary 14, 2018Comment

Roads to Nowhere: Asia’s Risky Obsession With Infrastructure

Roads to Nowhere: Asia’s Risky Obsession With Infrastructure

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogJanuary 9, 2018AIIB, airport, BeltandRoad, infrastructure, Investment, railway, risk, road Comments

Belt and Road Interview Series: Professor Martin Jacques

Belt and Road Interview Series: Professor Martin Jacques

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogDecember 30, 2017BeltandRoad, bri, china, developing country, eurasia, europe, governance, governancedeficit, infrastructure, marshallaid, martinjacques, srilanka, UK, usaComment

The Ice Silk Road: Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic

The Ice Silk Road: Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogDecember 24, 2017arctic, arcticcouncil, BeltandRoad, bri, china, cooperation, icebreaker, icesilkroad, infrastructure, logistics, malacca, maritime, putin, russia, security, shipping, Trade, xuelongComment

Is China taking over Central and Eastern Europe? – Fact Check

Is China taking over Central and Eastern Europe? – Fact Check

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogDecember 18, 2017 Comments

What Chinese History can tell us about "The End of Europe"?

What Chinese History can tell us about "The End of Europe"?

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogDecember 11, 2017 Comments

8th International Capital Conference (Leading China-Europe Business Event) - 5 Key Insights

8th International Capital Conference (Leading China-Europe Business Event) - 5 Key Insights

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogDecember 2, 2017BeltandRoad, business, china, europe, ICC, infrastructure Comment

How will China Shape the Legal Future of Belt and Road?

How will China Shape the Legal Future of Belt and Road?

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogNovember 26, 2017 Comments

The UK’s Northern Powerhouse Initiative needs a Belt and Road Strategy

The UK’s Northern Powerhouse Initiative needs a Belt and Road Strategy

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogNovember 20, 2017BeltandRoad, ccp, china, infrastructure, innovation, northernpowerhouse, Trade, UK, xijinping, xijinpingthoughtComment

Legal Quagmire Blocks Belt and Road Initiative in CEE?

Legal Quagmire Blocks Belt and Road Initiative in CEE?

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogNovember 11, 201716+1, BeltandRoad, CEE, china, EU, infrastructure, Law, Rail Comments

Building Dubai in China: The story of Karamay

Building Dubai in China: The story of Karamay

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogNovember 4, 2017BeltandRoad, centralasia, dubai, gdp, huawei, infrastructure, karamay, kazakhstan, oil, tajikistan, tourism, xinjiang Comment

Belt and Road in CCP Constitution – Future sealed?

Belt and Road in CCP Constitution – Future sealed?

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogOctober 26, 201719thcpc, BeltandRoad, ccp, congress, constitution, dengxiaoping, mao, party, socialismwithchinesecharacteristics, xijinping, xijinpingthought Comments

Xi’s big speech: Five implications for the Belt & Road Initiative

Xi’s big speech: Five implications for the Belt & Road Initiative

UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogOctober 21, 201719thpartycongress, anti-corruption, BeltandRoad, china, cpc, deng, dengxiaoping, innovation, mao, Trade, xijinping Comments

China’s AIIB will not stage a challenge to the World Bank

China’s AIIB will not stage a challenge to the World Bank

AIIB, UncategorizedBeltandroad.blogOctober 15, 2017ADB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BeltandRoad, Investment, Trade, World BankComment