2022

November

05 – November – Asia Investment Research │ Malaysia Special Edition │ Malaysia’s Economic Transition: From Plantations and Palm Oil to Tech and Green Energy

October

13 – October – BRIX │ Webinar: Human Rights, Development, and the Belt and Road Initiative │
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September

19 – September – CGTN (China) │ Review of SCO Summit in Uzbekistan

 

August

09 – August – Bangladesh: Getting the Story Out │ Webinar │Z/Yen Group – FS Club

 

July

20 – July – CGTN (China) │ Live interview: UK Economy

 

June

28 – June – Highly Successful Webinar on the Belt and Road Initiative and The Road to Peace and Development │ Belt & Road Institute in Sweden (brixsweden.org)

 

May

09 – May – Bangladesh Special Edition │ Asia Investment Research

 

April

19 – April – BRIX (Sweden) | Will The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Fall Victim to Turmoil in Pakistan? | Belt & Road Institute in Sweden (brixsweden.org)
02 – April – BRIX (Sweden) | China-EU Summit: Differences and Agreements on Peace and Cooperation | Belt & Road Institute in Sweden (brixsweden.org)

 

March

12 – March – Ukraine invasion: with the US distracted, China may have an ‘opportunity’ to expand economic influence in the Middle East | South China Morning Post

February

Media

11 – February – China- Iraq │ Reuters Correction │ Press Release: Reuters Story on Iraq as Main Target of Belt and Road Investments in 2021 Incorrect! │ Belt & Road Institute in Sweden (brixsweden.org)

February – 2021 Q4 Asia Inbound Investment Report │Inbound across Asia │ SGX and SPACs (Hong Kong)

January

Media

30 – January – China: Locked down and out? interview focussed on power of Chinese technology? │ The Sunday Times: Business

25 – January – Silk Road 2.0 │ China in a Post-Pandemic World - S1E2: Health Silk Road - CNA (Singapore) ; China’s signature Belt and Road Initiative is evolving in the pandemic. In this episode, witness how people in ASEAN are responding to the Health Silk Road and China’s vaccine diplomacy; https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/silk-road-20-china-post-pandemic-world/health-silk-road-2452321?view=embed

25 – January – China 2021 Inbound FDI increased to $181 billion │ CGTN (China) │ Business Today

January – How China is reforming its SOE’s to Mixed Hybrids; Six 2021 Case Studies (Hong Kong) │ Asia Investment Research January Edition

2021

December

Media

December – Real Value in Securing Chinese Investors as Minority Shareholders; Asian Investment Research │ Six Case Studies: Chinese Minority Equity Investments in Biotech, EV Batteries and Electric Air Mobility

November

Podcast

16 – November – China's Green Transition and The Future of Belt and Road Transport │ BRIX (Sweden)

TV

19 – November – CGTN (China) │ Global Business Today interview │ Recovery post pandemic

15 – November – Somoy TV (Bangladesh) │ Interview on Bangladesh market

Print

16 – December – China’s Outbound Investment Strategy Changes As The Belt And Road Initiative Becomes Futuristic</em> │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

15 – November – launch of (www.) Asia Investment Research (.org); JV with dezshira; focussed on ASEAN capital flows

12 – November – China Briefing │ The Green Belt and Road Initiative │ Article in China Briefing

October

13 – October – China’s Role In Belt And Road Vaccine Development And The Global Health Silk Road │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

11 – October – Health Silk Road │ Chinese biotech/biopharma │ Interview & filming with CNA (Channel News Asia) Singapore │(filmed but not yet released)

TV

15 – October – CCTV (Mandarin)

Print

21 – October – High North News │ There is a Business Shift From West to East With Major Investments in The Polar Silk Road

September

14 – September: Alibaba Being Repositioned As An Emerging Market Belt & Road Champion │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

02 – September: CGTN │ Russia-China e-commerce │ Interview on CGTN Global Business

August

23 – August: RCEP Countries Lead in Chinese Q2 BRI Outbound Investment │ Article in ASEAN Briefing

06 – August: How China Structures The Terms & Conditions For Its Belt & Road Loans │ China’s Overseas Sovereign Debt Financing Is Built On Sound Financial Principles & Debt Repackaging Strategies │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

05 – August: Chinese Debt Structures │ How China Structures The Terms & Conditions For Its Belt & Road Loans │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

July

26 – July: Science not Politics │ The Problems With The West’s Understanding Of China │ Article in Asia Briefing

26 – July: Q2 2021 China Inbound │ Q2 2021 Chinese Inbound Investment: Announced M&A Transactions and Equity Investments │ Article in China Briefing

13 – July: China’s Greater Bay Area │ Exploring Key Sectors for Direct Investment and M&A: (Dezshira & Associates) │ Podcast

13 – July: China’s Greater Bay Area │ GBA: Its Role in the Health Silk Road │ Presentation Podcast

June

21 – June: BRIX (Sweden) │ G-7 Alternative to The Belt and Road: All That Glitters Is Not Gold! │ Our analysis of the USA’s/Trump’s first major “win” against China in a BRI project in Mozambique was discussed at some length in this article as TOTAL (France) has since declared force majoure on this ISIS overrun LNG project.

15 – June: Asian Briefing (Sri Lanka) │ AIIB & NDB 2021 Lending Reveal Closer Financial Partnering Between Beijing and Delhi │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

09 – June: 48 Group Club (London) │  China Global Impact │ Q1 2021 Announced Chinese Inbound Investments │ Article

April

29 – April: Silk Road Briefing │ China’s Health Silk Road – Analysis, Covid, Financing & Global Implications │ Article

28 – April: Commercial Section Stockholm │ CPEC SEZs │ Podcast

28 – April: BRIX BRI │ Podcast

15 – April: This special issue of magazine on Boao was displayed during the Boao Forum │ A Whole New World - Boao 2021 aims to reshape growth confidence

15 – April: Beijing Review │ Silk Road for Health │ Article

15 – April: BRIX Belt and Road (Sweden) │ Health Silk Road podcast │ Podcast

05 – April: Identifying Opportunities Within the Belt & Road Initiative │ Guest Editor

March

23 – March: Silk Road News (Kazakhstan) │ Coronavirus challenge helps Belt and Road Initiative innovate in health supply chain

16 – March: Global Times (China) │ Virus challenge helps Belt and Road evolution

12 – March: Health Silk Road 2020 │ A Bridge to the Future of Health for All; China Daily

February

24 – February: UK Virtual China Healthcare Market Bootcamp │ Route to Dual Circulation – UK China Healthcare Component (London) – British China Technology Incubator/QMI/TUS Park

9 – February: CGTN Television │ Interview

January

26 – January: Daily Telegraph │ Britain's role in the world post-Brexit' The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP – article cutting

20 – January: BRIX Sweden Podcast │ China-EU Investment Agreement (CIA) – BRI/Health Silk Road

5 – January: The Mergers & Acquisitions Review │ China; Hogan Lovells

1 – January: CGTN Television │ BREXIT effects; China-EU Investment Agreement (CIA)

2020

17 December │ Z/Yen and the China Development Institute (CDI) in partnership with Grisons Peak Services and The UK Department For International Trade, hosted a virtual seminar with a focus on China-Europe Healthcare Investment and Collaboration

December 2020 │ Silk Road Briefing

9 December – AAS scholars │ China’s BRI during the Pandemic

November 2020 – Treasury Today │ Companies stuck between risks and opportunities of new BRI infrastructure

9 October – Silk Road Briefing │ The United States Answer to China’s BRI in Africa: Finance ISIS in Mozambique as an Alternative to Russian LNG – Article in Silk Road Briefing

7 October – Silk Road Briefing │ Belt and Road Initiative Negativity Now in the Past as Debt Trap Burdens are Debunked and Global Investors can Look to Opportunity Returns – Article in Silk Road Briefing

5 October – The Third Pole.Net │ Pakistani military in charge, provinces sidelined in a revived CPEC – Article in The Third Pole.Net

19 August – AAS Wednesday Webinar │ Prof David Monyae (Univ of Johannesburg) now speaking at AAS Wednesday Webinar on "Africa’s perception of India: from Bandung to BRICS"

28 July – Silk Road Briefing │ China’s Belt & Road Initiative Changes Focus As Smaller Investments With Minority Equity Stakes Take Preference – Article in Silk Road Briefing

08 July – Silk Road Briefing │ China Government Belt & Road Initiative Loans, Q2 2020 – Article in Silk Road Briefing

11 June – Daily Telegraph │ Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth: BRI – Myths Busted – Peter Friedmann in the Chair

20 May – Global Times │ China-EU economic cooperation increasing amid COVID-19 – Article in Global Times (printed version & online version)

13 May – India Briefing │ India Becomes Transportation Highway Center of China’s Belt and Road Initiative – Article in India Briefing

12 May – Silk Road Briefing │ China’s Latest Outbound Investment Target…And The Winner Is: India – Article in Silk Road Briefing

21 April – China Daily │ India becomes main recipient of China-tech FDI – Article in fDi Intelligence

17 April – China Daily │ BRI Financing Capabilities: 'Two Way Road' – Article by Henry Tillman

13 January – CGTN World Business │ China’s New Investment Law – Interview with Henry Tillman

2019

23 October – CGTN Global Business │ China's Belt & Road Initiative – Interview with Henry Tillman

16 October – RailFreight.com │ UK not serious about new Silk Road – article by Henry Tillman

16 October – The Arctic Circle │Paving the Polar Silk Road – Full Speech 2019

16 October – The Arctic Circle │ Q&A with Henry Tillman & Alice Rogoff

11 October – Bloomberg│ Melting Ice Redraws the World Map and Starts a Power Struggle

12 September – Cyberport Media │ Belt & Road Summit  – Interview with Henry Tillman

2 September – CCTV/CGTN │  Trade War  – Interview with Henry Tillman

21 August – Global Trade Review │ Tariffs and Trade wars won’t dent China

2 July – Podcast with Jacopo Dettoni, Deputy Editor, Financial Times │ Autonomous AI: China and USA and Big Data (London)

13 June – CNBC │ China's Belt and Road Initiative is 'Changing the World' – Interview with Henry Tillman

5 June – Silk Road Briefing │ China’s Belt & Road Initiative & The United Kingdom – Belt & Road Projects Could Be Via The Commonwealth of Nations Where UK-China Interests Overlap │ The Formation Of A Commonwealth-China Development Bank One Way To Assist China & Access Projects

5 June – parliamentlive.tv │ China’s Belt & Road Initiative │ International Trade Committee video

June – OMFIF/CCB Renminbi Internationalisation

10-11 May – Arctic Circle Forum │ Polar Silk Road

7-9 May – United Nations 4th Annual PPP Forum (Geneva) │ Evaluating Selected BRI Projects Using Financial Returns and UNECE SGD Criteria

18 April – CNBC │ China Seeing Shift Towards Inbound Investment – Interview with Henry Tillman

27-28 February – Kirkenes Conference 2019

16 January – Asian Private Equity Review Q4 2018 – released January 2019 │ Cambodia as a Case Study by Henry Tillman

2018

13 December 2018 – CGTN Television China │ Building of the Polar Silk Road an interview by Cheng Lei, Anchor, Global Business Report

20 September 2018 – Beijing Review │ A Global Network by Henry Tillman – A Global Network

30 August 2018 – The 48 Group Club │ China Global Impact by Stephen Perry – BRI and Africa

21 July 2018 – News Pakistan │BBC News by Hissan Sheikh – CPEC has added practical dimension to Sino-Pak ties!

21 July 2018 – Diplomacy Pakistan News – CPEC Added Practical Dimension To Pak-China Partnership: Foreign Minister

21 July 2018 – NetIndia 123 – CPEC added practical dimension to Pak-China strategic partnership: FM

21 July 2018 – UrduPoint – CPEC Has Added Practical Dimension To Pakistan-China Strategic Partnership: Foreign Minister

20 July 2018 – Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) – CPEC has added practical dimension to Pakistan-China strategic partnership: FM

20 July 2018 – DNA News Agency – Pak, China relations ‘shining example’ of friendship: Foreign Minister

20 July 2018 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan – Lecture by Henry Tillman on "BRI and CPEC"

16 July 2018 – Financial Times – China development banks expand links with foreign lenders

9 May 2018 – United Nations Third PPP Forum │ WeChat Media Article

8 May 2018 – UNECE International PPM Forum │ Selected BRI Projects Rated by UNECE 5 Point Criteria: Grisons Peak Financial Returns

21 March 2018 – Grisons Peak CEO Henry Tillman Gives a Talk at SIIS

5 January 2018 – HNA Walks Away From Late-Stage Value Partners Deal TalksBelt and Road Initiative provides boost for logistics deals in 2017

2017

22 December 2017 – Belt and Road Initiative provides boost for logistics deals in 2017

11 December 2017 – Financial Times – James Kynge
China goes on logistics buying spree to support 'new Silk Road'

31 October 2017 – How will China’s ambitious new Silk Road impact climate change?

13 October 2017 – 中国自身负债累累，如何能有一万亿美元建设“一带一路”？ Grisons Peak首席执行官蒂尔曼给出了答案。

4 October 2017 – China’s lending tumbles as Belt and Road gets a refresh

16 September 2017 – Paths diverge for Chinese firms chasing overseas assets

30 July 2017 – The Sunday Times – Ben Harrington
Beijing puts predators on a tighter leash

16 July 2017
– Financial Times – James Kynge
Chinese purchases of overseas ports top $20bn in past year

13 July 2017
– Le Soir – Marc Roche
Le Royaume-Uni, porte-avions des investissements chinois en Europe

7 July 2017 – Financial Times – James Kynge
China’s overseas acquisitions recover from doldrums Premium State-owned companies stage comeback while private peers remain in the cold EM Squared Read

12 March 2017
– Financial Times – James Kynge
Strong growth for top Chinese investments in UK

2016

7 November 2016 – Financial Times – James Kynge
China’s M&A deals in UK hit record in mid-2016

24 October 2016 – Financial Times
Nearly $40bn in Chinese acquisitions pushed back by west Premium

13 October 2016 – Financial Times
China rethinks developing world largesse as deals sour

23 September 2016 – By Li Shouen, CNTV Panview commentator
CCTV Interview at Maritime Silk Road Conference

6 September 2016 – Latin America Finance’ CHINA LOANS: Old flame
China’s policy lenders have been key to projecting the country’s economic influence in Latin America even as it pursues a renewed strategic focus on Asia. By Tom Nelthorpe

31 May, 2105 – Xin Hua News Agency
Chinese policy banks perform better since launch of Belt and Road Initiative: UK research

31 May, 2105 – Xin Hua – Song Miuo
Chinese policy banks perform better since launch of Belt and Road Initiative: UK research

2014

30 September, 2014 – Ben Chu:
The signs are that Balfour Beatty has not yet reached the bottom

26 to 28 September, 2014 – Michaelmas 2014 Council Meeting!
Dear Participants of Terra Parzival Michaelmas 2014 Council Meeting!