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Bookmark or Share- China’s $900 billion New Silk Road. What you need to know5 things to know about the New Silk Road A new global superpower Some Western diplomats have been wary in their response to the proposed trade corridor, seeing it as a land grab designed to promote China's influence globally, but there’s little evidence to suggest the route will benefit China alone.
- China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns 10. Here’s what to knowThe initiative is rooted in China’s long history of facilitating trade and commerce across the ancient Silk Road routes that connected Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The BRI was established with two primary components : the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
- A brief history of globalization | World Economic ForumIt was in this world, too, that Alibaba a few months later opened its Silk Road headquarters in Xi’an. It was meant as the logistical backbone for the e-commerce giant along the new “Belt and Road”, the Paper reported. But if the old Silk Road thrived on the exports of luxurious silk by camel and donkey, the new Alibaba Xi’an facility ...
- The challenges and opportunities of China's new Silk RoadThe original Silk Road, established more than 2,000 years ago, was a critical network of trade routes that promoted economic, political, and cultural exchange among Asia, Africa, and Europe.
- China is building a new Silk Road, and this one is digitalThe Silk Road calls to mind an image of the distant past, where traders traversed the vast expanse of Eurasia in pursuit of silk, spices and various other commodities. Today, China is attempting to revive these once forgotten routes as part of Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路倡议: BRI).
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