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Chinese High-Speed Rail in Southeast Asia
"I really like China" a diplomat told us a few months ago, "they are the only ones around with a plan for the 21st century." That plan – China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) – has, however, raised ample concern, from Asia all the way to the Berlin and Washington. Assessments of its potential to disrupt the established economic, political, and diplomatic status quo in Eurasia have led some to perceive it as China’s own “Marshal Plan,” “Great Game,” and “challenge to the US.”
As a component of China’s BRI, Beijing’s high-speed rail (HSR) diplomacy illustrates both China ...
Ukraine’s Western Window
Several Russian-led infrastructure projects, coupled with the devastation wrought by the conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region, risk turning Ukraine, historically a bridge between east and west, into an island.
Where Does China's Belt and Road Go?
According to a report issued by Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency in August, Xi Jinping in addition to his role as Party Secretary, President ...
European Business Call for Thai Government to Prioritize Kra Canal
Thailand's junta remains silent as European business leaders join together with Chinese government advisers and influential Thais to urge the Thailand's Prime Minister ...
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