Before the launching of the Russian military operation in Ukraine on February 24, and even in the following two weeks, freight transport on the China-EU Express railways was reaching overcapacity and congestions were developing…
How compatible is Build Back Better World with the Belt and Road Initiative?
Hussein Askary
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Feb. 28, in a video message commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué,…
The aesthetically and technically amazing opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 last week was a beautiful message of friendship and co-existence among nations of different political, cultural, and social structures united around the…
The State Council of the Chinese Government released on January 19 the plan for rail development in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2022-2025). According to Chinese official media reports, in that period the Chinese government…
While China admits that there is a climate change caused by emissions by human society, its dealing with the effects of that climate change and how to move forward without jeopardizing the livelihood of…
Hussein Askary (The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden)
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced on January 1, 2022 that “continuing the tradition of Chinese foreign ministers starting every new year with a visit…
Why is it important to read the mind of China’s leadership?
Review of the 6th Plenary Session of The CPC’s 19th Central Committee
By: Hussein Askary, The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX)
December 6, 2021
SUMMARY
To…
by Hussein Askary (Board member of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden - BRIX)
According to well-documented statistics provided by American research institutions and universities the human, economic, and financial costs of all wars…
The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX) held a webinar on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, to address the economic importance of the Chinese province of Xinjiang (Uyghur Autonomous Region) for the Belt and…
The West Should Join China, Not Oppose It!
By: Hussein Askary
The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
“All that glisters is not gold—
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside…