General updates about activity the Schiller Institute is concerned about
Nov. 25 -{Global Construction Review} (GCR) reported on Nov. 24 the signing of an agreement between China Railway Group and Papua New Guinea to build a roadway system that is estimated to cost $4 billion. Apart from the agreement on the roadway system, government of Papua New Guinea has signed on Nov. 20 a series […]
Nov. 27 -Joint cooperation through the global Belt and Road Initiative was the leading topic at the Sixth Summit of the China-Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), also known as the “16+1 Cooperation,” which opened today in Budapest. The Hungarian and Chinese Prime Ministers, Viktor Orban and Li Kequiang, kicked off this discussion in their […]
At a Beijing forum on China-Latin America Investment Productive Capacity Cooperation, held on Nov. 22, there was enthusiastic endorsement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by the many Ibero-American and Caribbean participants, representing Jamaica, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Cuba, Xinhua reported Nov. 22. Officials from two Chinese companies also attended the conference, […]
Nov. 20 -China-Europe freight train traffic broke all records this year, with more than 3,000 cargo trains traveling on 57 lines between cities at either end–surpassing the past six years combine–according to a Nov. 18 Xinhua report. For example, freight on the the Yiwu-Madrid line, only inaugurated in November 2014, rose 54% in the first […]
Nov. 21 – On Nov. 18, Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono praised the Belt and Road Initiative, calling it “very beneficial to the global economy if it is open and available to all,” as reported today on CGTN. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang responded today, saying that China is “pleased to see” Japan’s enthusiasm […]
Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw, following his meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Myanmar’s capital, Nay Pyi Taw, today, said Myanmar appreciates the proposal of building a China-Myanmar economic corridor, and intends to actively integrate with the Chinese over the project, Xinhua reported. In this context, China has advanced a well received […]
13. November – Mit mehr als 40 Containern hat am 10. November ein Güterzug Kouvola im Südosten Finnlands mit dem Ziel Xi’an in China verlassen. Die Fahrt über 9000 km verläuft u.a. über Rußland und Kasachstan und endet im Nordwesten Chinas. Die Güter in den Containern sind alle aus finnischer Produktion, darunter Maschinen, Holz, Arbeitskleidung […]
Nov. 13 – With more than 40 containers, a cargo train bound for Xi’an, China departed Kouvola in southeastern Finland, on Nov. 10. It will take 17 days to run 9,000 km distance across the Eurasian continent, passing through Russia and Kazakhstan among other countries, before reaching its final destination in northwest China. Goods packed […]
14. November – Der erste Testgüterzug mit Containern aus China ist am Montag, dem 13. November, am Güterbahnhof in der slowakischen Hauptstadt Bratislawa angekommen. Die 11.000 km lange Fahrt von der chinesischen Stadt Dalain über Rußland und Ukraine dauerte 17 Tage. Bei der Ankunft des Zuges waren Transportminister Arpád Érsek, die Finanzstaatssekretärin und Regierungsbeauftragte für […]
Nov. 14 -The first trial train with containers from China arrived on Monday, Nov. 13, at the cargo port in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The train’s 11,000-km journey from the Chinese city of Dalian, via Russia and Ukraine lasted 17 days. The train was welcomed by Transport Minister Arpád Érsek, State Secretary for Finance and […]