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  October 26, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Proposals For Shanghai Cooperation Organisation To Set Up Payment Mechanisms Using Member State Currencies

  If adopted, 20% of global GDP would move to non-US dollar transactions   Proposals have been made by the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, for establishing an independent payment mechanism for members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
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  October 25, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Investment Fund Working Capital Increased By US$11 Billion

  During the recent Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, the Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a number of new initiatives, including new financing corridors.
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  October 24, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  BRICS Pay: The Latest Development & Integration Updates

  By Paul Goncharoff With all the geopolitical and economic upheavals happening on what seems an accelerated daily basis, often important details get lost in the urgency of other events. Over the past weeks we have seen BRICS steadily growing, and just last week, the Belt & Road forum has shown clear, goal driven results despite[…..]
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  October 23, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Taliban’s Approach to Afghanistan’s Economy

  Taliban officials attended China’s Belt & Road Forum last week. What is the economic likelihood for economic development in Afghanistan? By Farzad Ramezani Bonesh, with additional comments by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Introduction Although Afghanistan’s economy had experienced reasonable growth until 2001, from the US invasion until now, it has declined and become a dependent, consumption economy,[…..]
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  October 21, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The 2023 Belt & Road Initiative Forum: A Greener and more Cost-Effective Vision

  By Emil Avdaliani The Third Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing last week witnessed participation from over 4,000 individuals representing more than 140 nations. By the conclusion of the forum, cooperation projects totaling US$97.2 billion were inked. China released 89 multilateral cooperation documents and detailed 458 concrete cooperative initiatives. More wide-ranging, the Forum signals[…..]
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  October 19, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Xi Announces Eight New Development Strategies For The Belt & Road Initiative

  US$97.2 billion of investment deals signed at this week’s Beijing BRI Forum  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Chinese President Xi Jinping’s address at Wednesday’s (October 18) opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation saw him introduce eight new strategic goals for the BRI – many of them closely tied with Beijing’s goals of attaining[…..]
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  October 18, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Chris Devonshire-Ellis Panel Session On CGTN / BRICS TV At Third Belt & Road Initiative Forum

  Chris Devonshire-Ellis, the Chairman of Dezan Shira & Associates, has taken part in a joint CGTN/BRICS TV production of ‘BIZ Talk’ recorded as 4,000 leaders and delegates have gathered in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. In a co-production by CGTN and TV BRICS of Russia, government officials, leading experts,[…..]
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  October 17, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Ten Years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Highlights, Challenges and A Case Study

  Leaders from 130 countries are attending the third BRI summit in Beijing. This year, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a massive infrastructure development project, marks a decade since its launch. Kazakhstan, the country where the initiative was announced, has played a pivotal role in this endeavour.
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  October 16, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China, Kazakhstan, Sign MoU On Kazakh Geological Research Projects

  Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas JSC (KMG, Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday (October 16) in Beijing. As part of the agreement, the two countries will conduct joint geological research on promising exploration projects and expand cooperation on existing fields and oilfield services in[…..]
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  October 15, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sputnik Interview: The China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor

  Chris Devonshire-Ellis, the Chairman of Dezan Shira & Associates, has been interviewed by Sputnik Global concerning the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC).