China's long game for Middle East influence
One major project within China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative is a railway from Kazakhstan to Iran, which Beijing has described as a tool to integrate Central Asia with the Middle East. (Axios)
The Rise of China-Europe Railways
Just 10 years ago, regular direct freight services from China to Europe did not exist. Today, they connect roughly 35 Chinese cities with 34 European cities. But despite their rapid advances, these lines must compete with maritime routes that have dominated commerce between Asia and Europe since the late fifteenth century. It remains to be seen how much trade they can capture. (Reconnecting Asia)
First China-Belgium freight train from China's Tangshan arrived in Antwerp
After travelling 16 days and covering a distance of 11,000 km, the first China-Belgium freight train
from China's Tangshan port has arrived in the Belgian port of Antwerp. (Xinhua)
How China is trying to impose Islam with Chinese characteristics in the Hui Muslim heartland
Islamic domes and signs in Arabic are being pulled down and no new ‘Arab style’ mosques can be built under campaign that has Hui communities worried. (Scmp)
Concern in Pakistan over flood of Chinese investment
There are fears in the Pakistani manufacturing sector about Chinese inroads in the e-commerce market as Alibaba gains a large foothold. (Asia Times)
China's Mass Indoctrination Camps Evoke Cultural Revolution
The recollections of Bekali, a heavyset and quiet 42-year-old, offer what appears to be the most detailed account yet of life inside so-called re-education camps. Bekali’s case stands out because he was a foreign citizen, of Kazakhstan, who was seized by China’s security agencies and detained for
eight months last year without recourse. Although some details are impossible to verify, two Kazakh diplomats confirmed he was held for seven months and then sent to re-education. (Ap)
Bulgaria to host contentious China summit
Bulgaria will host a summit between China and 16 central and eastern European countries, stoking fears of potential EU divisions over how to deal with Beijing. Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria’s prime minister, said the so-called 16+1 group, which includes 11 EU members, would meet in Sofia in July, with China on the look out for unfinanced projects to back. (FT)
The Rise of China-Europe Railways
Just 10 years ago, regular direct freight services from China to Europe did not exist. Today, they connect roughly 35 Chinese cities with 34 European cities. But despite their rapid advances, these lines must compete with maritime routes that have dominated commerce between Asia and Europe since the late fifteenth century. It remains to be seen how much trade they can capture. (Reconnecting Asia)
First China-Belgium freight train from China's Tangshan arrived in Antwerp
After travelling 16 days and covering a distance of 11,000 km, the first China-Belgium freight train
from China's Tangshan port has arrived in the Belgian port of Antwerp. (Xinhua)
How China is trying to impose Islam with Chinese characteristics in the Hui Muslim heartland
Islamic domes and signs in Arabic are being pulled down and no new ‘Arab style’ mosques can be built under campaign that has Hui communities worried. (Scmp)
Concern in Pakistan over flood of Chinese investment
There are fears in the Pakistani manufacturing sector about Chinese inroads in the e-commerce market as Alibaba gains a large foothold. (Asia Times)
China’s ‘debt-book diplomacy’ comes under fire
A damning report has highlighted 16 countries targeted by Beijing with Pakistan, Djibouti and Sri Lanka identified as the most vulnerable. (Asia Times)
A damning report has highlighted 16 countries targeted by Beijing with Pakistan, Djibouti and Sri Lanka identified as the most vulnerable. (Asia Times)
China's Mass Indoctrination Camps Evoke Cultural Revolution
The recollections of Bekali, a heavyset and quiet 42-year-old, offer what appears to be the most detailed account yet of life inside so-called re-education camps. Bekali’s case stands out because he was a foreign citizen, of Kazakhstan, who was seized by China’s security agencies and detained for
eight months last year without recourse. Although some details are impossible to verify, two Kazakh diplomats confirmed he was held for seven months and then sent to re-education. (Ap)
Bulgaria to host contentious China summit
Bulgaria will host a summit between China and 16 central and eastern European countries, stoking fears of potential EU divisions over how to deal with Beijing. Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria’s prime minister, said the so-called 16+1 group, which includes 11 EU members, would meet in Sofia in July, with China on the look out for unfinanced projects to back. (FT)
China and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) on Thursday signed an agreement on trade and economic cooperation, the first major systematic arrangement ever reached between the two sides.
The document was signed by Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Fu Ziying, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Tigran Sargsyan and representatives of the EAEU members at the Astana Economic Forum that kicked off on the same day. (Xinhua)
CENTRAL ASIA
Turkmenistan’s New Turkmenbashi International Seaport-Another Link in Expanding Eurasian Trade
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow visited the Caspian shore, on May 2, to inaugurate the Turkmenbashi International Seaport. The new $1.5 billion facility, Berdimuhamedow told attendees, is important not only for Turkmenistan but the wider region as well. It promises to become an important link in the formation of a modern system of maritime transport across the Caspian. He added that his government is offering use of the port to neighboring countries, including the other Central Asian republics (Regnum, May 3). (Jamestown foundation)
Majlis Podcast: Mr. Mirziyoev Goes To Washington
Shavkat Mirziyoev is making his first visit as Uzbekistan's president to Washington, D.C., this week.
It will be the first time an Uzbek president has been received at the White House since March 2002, when Islam Karimov visited just months after his country had agreed to allow the United States to use an air base in Uzbekistan for operations in Afghanistan. (Rferl)
Trump to Meet Uzbek President, and Press for Human Rights
President Trump will welcome President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan to the White House on Wednesday, part of what his aides say is an effort to launch a new era of partnership with a country that is making its first fitful turns away from authoritarianism.Mr. Trump plans to raise issues of human rights and press freedoms, according to senior administration officials who previewed the visit on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be identified in discussing it. (NYT)
Uzbekistan aglow after president’s successful US visit
But Tashkent will have to do its own legwork in new strategic partnership. (Eurasianet)
Kyrgyzstan man faces prison for Facebook insults
Behind a Facebook argument about architecture in Kyrgyzstan is a knottier tale of rival politics and geopolitical allegiances. (Eurasianet)
Uzbekistan aglow after president’s successful US visit
But Tashkent will have to do its own legwork in new strategic partnership. (Eurasianet)
Kyrgyzstan man faces prison for Facebook insults
Behind a Facebook argument about architecture in Kyrgyzstan is a knottier tale of rival politics and geopolitical allegiances. (Eurasianet)
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