The New Silk Road
The New Silk Road is China's US$200 billion plan to create new trading routes, and galvanize its slowing economy. China is also using the New Silk Road to pursue its ambitions of global leadership. How will this plan impact all our lives? Channel NewsAsia embarks on a journey to find the answers.
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In the latest installment of the Silk Road series, the program showcases how China is reaching out to the Middle East as part of a grand trillion dollar plan that has massive implications for the existing world order. The series begins in China and journeys on to Pakistan, Egypt and Iran as it tracks the huge infrastructure projects and 'soft power' cultural moves that are spearheading China's bold new economic diplomacy in the region. An alluring cocktail of travel intrigue and investigative documentary will be served up in this dynamic new series that undresses just what China is up to in this startling new trade.
China's revitalization of its ancient trade routes to the Middle East is energizing Chinese-Arab trade connections that hark back over 2,000 years. In this episode, we explore the enduring historical relationship and explore the motivations behind Beijing's astonishing new trade initiatives.
China's revitalization of its ancient trade routes to the Middle East is energizing Chinese-Arab trade connections that hark back over 2,000 years. In this episode, we explore the enduring historical relationship and explore the motivations behind Beijing's astonishing new trade initiatives.
In this episode, the Iron Brother relationship between Pakistan and China is revealed. Can Beijing and Islamabad overcome political and security challenges to make the China Pakistan Economic Corridor transform into reality?
In this episode, the Iron Brother relationship between Pakistan and China is revealed. Can Beijing and Islamabad overcome political and security challenges to make the China Pakistan Economic Corridor transform into reality?
Former U.S. President George W. Bush damned Iran as being part of an Axis of Evil. To China, Iran is a strategic partner and they've signed US$600 billion worth of deals. In this episode, enter unseen worlds in Iran, to see how China's Silk Road is transforming the country.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush damned Iran as being part of an Axis of Evil. To China, Iran is a strategic partner and they've signed US$600 billion worth of deals. In this episode, enter unseen worlds in Iran, to see how China's Silk Road is transforming the country.
In this episode of Silk Road, we investigate China's financial investments into Egypt that aim to transform the country towards political and social stability, and use Cairo as China's gateway to North African markets.
In this episode of Silk Road, we investigate China's financial investments into Egypt that aim to transform the country towards political and social stability, and use Cairo as China's gateway to North African markets.