Mapping continental ambitions

Summary: While the core focus of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on traditional infrastructure deployments, it is evident that the Digital Silk Road is a key part of the overall BRI strategy, and China will leverage technology to increase its influence along the route. Opportunities exist in the deployment of telecoms infrastructure, data centers, and smart cities. Technology security concerns will be a major hurdle for Chinese vendors as they move to deepen and widen the BRI’s technology footprint.

The Digital Silk Road has become the focal point of the BRI as controlling the flow of ...

On a warm August day in Manzhouli, on China's northeastern border with Russia, workers are unloading truckloads of Russian goods for storage in local warehouses. Later, the goods will be repackaged and reloaded onto Chinese trucks and trains for ...