History – complete with poetic justice overtones – presented us this week with the ultimate, glaring contrast between the geopolitics of the past, enacted in an incendiary corner of southwest Asia, and the geopolitics of the future, enacted in East Asia’s Beijing, one of the capitals of emerging mul...
By Rhod Mackenzie
A decade has elapsed since the emergence of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a momentous occasion that calls for acknowledgement of its remarkable achievemens and far-reaching global influence. The BRI stands as a powerful example of the effectiveness of internat...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The first ship with a load of more than 300 containers with lumber for China partners is about to depart from the Port of Arkhangelsk. The load will be delivered along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to Shanghai in a few days, the governor and government of the Arkhangelsk Oblast sa...
By Yaroslav Lissovolik
In the past several months it has become fashionable to talk up the theme of China’s economic demise and the ascendancy of India as the main growth engine of the Global South. Mass media, academic gurus, fund managers and corporates are starting to argue in favor of re-direc...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian President made a two-day visit to China, participating in the third international forum “One Belt, One Road” and engaging in bilateral negotiations with foreign leaders. During his opening speech, Vladimir Putin stressed the significance of the One Belt, One Road init...
The US and China are currently entangled in an undeclared technological war, with both countries exchanging blows. Following the US's tightening of the exports of advanced chips to China, including those designed for the Chinese market, Beijing has responded by intensifying controls on the export of...