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Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
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China Everbright secures asset-light businesses in China and Belt and Road Initiative-targeted countries
China Everbright has been dedicating greater efforts and resources towards balancing asset-light and asset-heavy businesses.
January 15, 2024
China Focus
Xi’s US$1 trillion 'Project of the Century' gets a reality check
China’s overall activity in BRI countries is down about 40% from its 2018 peak as the world’s second-biggest economy slows.
October 17, 2023
Geopolitics
Walking a tightrope: Singapore and Asean navigate the great power struggle for influence
The West’s bid to curtail China’s growing geopolitical influence is creating an additional dimension of complexity to navigate.
August 04, 2022
Commerce
EU trade retaliation deepens China's trade woes
Brussels accuses Beijing of undercutting EU fibreglass manufacturers by subsidising firms in Egypt.
June 15, 2020
China Focus
Blue dots or red spots?
(Dec 13): In the sidelines of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership conference in Bangkok, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the US-led Blue Dot Network. He was flanked by enthusiastic supporters, Japan and Australia, who are officiall
December 13, 2019
China Focus
China's Belt and Road Initiative offers stability
(Nov 18): The only feature that can be relied upon in the US-led trade war with China is that US President Donald Trump cannot be relied upon. Anything tweeted can be untweeted and that makes for a difficult investment ride. Both the Dow Jones Industrial
November 15, 2019
Global Economy
China to work with Asia to secure world trade, ex-PBOC head says
(Sept 22): China will work with other Asian countries to safeguard international trade rules, as well as the monetary and financial order, according to its former central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan.
September 22, 2019
China's Belt & Road Initiative
Singapore businesses bank on China's Belt and Road amid slowdown
SINGAPORE (July 30): Nearly one in three multinational corporations are currently involved in projects related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to preliminary findings from a joint survey by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) an
July 30, 2019
Malaysia
China, Malaysia restart East Coast Rail Link project after year-long suspension
DUNGUN, TERENGGANU (July 25): China and Malaysia resumed construction of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in peninsula Malaysia on Thursday, after a year-long suspension and following a rare agreement to cut its cost by nearly a third to about US$
July 25, 2019
SE Asian economies
China no match for Japan in Southeast Asia infrastructure race
(June 24): Japan is still winning the Southeast Asia infrastructure race against China, with pending projects worth almost one and a half times its rival, according to the latest data from Fitch Solutions.
June 24, 2019