The Great Game Changer: Belt and Road Intiative (BRI; OBOR)

[cirr]

China proposed Wednesday to build an economic corridor linking China, Mongolia and Russia.

02.04.2015

Heads of Russia, China to Discuss Silk Road Economic Belt in May

Foreign Minister Wang Yi floated the idea during a meeting in Beijing with his Mongolian counterpart Lundeg Purevsuren.

"There is a huge area for cooperation existing between China, Russia and Mongolia. The construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor would connect China’s Silk Road Economic Belt to Russia's transcontinental rail plan and Mongolia's Prairie Road program,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

During the meeting Wang Yi held out hope for mutually beneficial interaction with Russia and Mongolia on the three-way “new corridor for cooperation” running across the entire Eurasian continent as a “new platform for the economic development of our three countries.”

China will be working closely with Russia and Mongolia in drawing up a pertinent roadmap and will do whatever it takes to make the project happening.

"We are confident that this would bring economic benefit to our three countries and serve as a major boost to the economic advancement of Eurasia as a whole,” Wang Yi added.

Chinese President Xi Jinping initially proposed the idea of a new Silk Way to link China with Europe and boost the country’s economic ties with Asia and Africa when meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on the sidelines of the 14th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2014.


Read more: Beijing Proposes China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Belt / Sputnik International

 

[Huaren]

How so?

lol, clearly you have posted the wrong kinds of topic, its like undermining the hard efforts of viets and viet wannabes to spread the glory of their mighty empire on holy crusade to unite ASEAN and beyond against the evil Chinese. Which means to them you will be written off as some "chinese Indonesian member", like they are expecting normal indonesian to be anti china pro vietland by default. ASEAN brotherhood (according to viet interest) ftw!

 

[Soryu]

Come on you guys, cool it, there is no need to quarrel. ASEAN countries should be like brothers, maybe a little issue here and there, but nothing serious.

Yeah, you're right, Carlos ... we're here for funny chat chit, and some idiots frank & fraud, let the topbrass deal with real issues ...

 

[mrfly911]

lol, clearly you have posted the wrong kinds of topic, its like undermining the hard efforts of viets and viet wannabes to spread the glory of their mighty empire on holy crusade to unite ASEAN and beyond against the evil Chinese. Which means to them you will be written off as some "chinese Indonesian member", like they are expecting normal indonesian to be anti china pro vietland by default. ASEAN brotherhood (according to viet interest) ftw!

Why so serious!

 

[Beast]

China proposed Wednesday to build an economic corridor linking China, Mongolia and Russia.

02.04.2015

Heads of Russia, China to Discuss Silk Road Economic Belt in May

Looks like any discussion involved Mongolia does not included Mongolia side. Russia and China can easily decide Mongolia fate since they are landlocked between these 2 giants. I cant wait for China to get their hands on those anti-China mongolia trash. We will teach them a real lesson what is power.

 

[Martian2]

The Philippines' Massive Lawfare Blunder in the South China Sea | The National Interest

"In 1986, the United States openly defied a clear order from the International Court of Justice to withdraw support for the Contras and the mining of harbors in Nicaragua. Although the U.S. was condemned in the UN General Assembly, the reputational fallout was minimal and quickly forgotten. In 2008, the U.S. again ignored a clear order of the ICJ by failing to stop an execution of a Mexican national in violation of a treaty obligation. This time, the U.S. did not even face a negative General Assembly resolution."

"In 2013, for instance, Russia refused to participate in a hearing before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) over its detention of a Dutch ship full of Greenpeace activists protesting its oil drilling activities. Although the ITLOS ordered Russia to release the activists and return the ship within 30 days of its judgment, Russia ignored the order and waited nearly a year before finally releasing the seized Dutch vessel. Russia suffered little long-standing reputational damage and hosted the Olympics with great fanfare barely two months later with little international fuss."

"China has (like many other nations) excluded disputes related to maritime boundaries from the dispute settlement processes created by UNCLOS. So China is probably correct that at least some of the Philippines’ claims, which essentially demand that the tribunal recognize Philippines’ sovereignty rights, are beyond the arbitral tribunal’s competence."

 

[TaiShang]

The Philippines' Massive Lawfare Blunder in the South China Sea | The National Interest

"In 1986, the United States openly defied a clear order from the International Court of Justice to withdraw support for the Contras and the mining of harbors in Nicaragua. Although the U.S. was condemned in the UN General Assembly, the reputational fallout was minimal and quickly forgotten. In 2008, the U.S. again ignored a clear order of the ICJ by failing to stop an execution of a Mexican national in violation of a treaty obligation. This time, the U.S. did not even face a negative General Assembly resolution."

"In 2013, for instance, Russia refused to participate in a hearing before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) over its detention of a Dutch ship full of Greenpeace activists protesting its oil drilling activities. Although the ITLOS ordered Russia to release the activists and return the ship within 30 days of its judgment, Russia ignored the order and waited nearly a year before finally releasing the seized Dutch vessel. Russia suffered little long-standing reputational damage and hosted the Olympics with great fanfare barely two months later with little international fuss."

"China has (like many other nations) excluded disputes related to maritime boundaries from the dispute settlement processes created by UNCLOS. So China is probably correct that at least some of the Philippines’ claims, which essentially demand that the tribunal recognize Philippines’ sovereignty rights, are beyond the arbitral tribunal’s competence."

Besides, China has made it very clear from the beginning that UNCLOS does not apply to historical titles and claims.

 

[OrionHunter]

What an example the permanent members of the UN Security Council are setting! Lawmakers to lawbreakers!

No wonder the world has started seeing the UN as a lame duck organization.

 

[AndrewJin]

What an example the permanent members of the UN Security Council are setting! Lawmakers to lawbreakers!

No wonder the world has started seeing the UN as a lame duck organization.

Maybe India's intention to be one of the permanent members is for doing the same lawmaking-lawbreakign stuff.
Best wishes for Modi's regime.

 

[SrNair]

No we wont break the laws
even if we have a place in SC

Maybe India's intention to be one of the permanent members is for doing the same lawmaking-lawbreakign stuff.
Best wishes for Modi's regime.

 

[AndrewJin]

No we wont break the laws
even if we have a place in SC

U cannot stand for Modi regime as "we". I think he is an ambitious politician who is willing to break international laws for the good of India and lead India to a new phase of diplomacy, like having a role in Iranian nuclear issue, Ukraine and other international diplomacy.

 

[OrionHunter]

Maybe India's intention to be one of the permanent members is for doing the same lawmaking-lawbreakign stuff.
Best wishes for Modi's regime.

Do as the Romans do!!

 

[TaiShang]

What an example the permanent members of the UN Security Council are setting! Lawmakers to lawbreakers!

No wonder the world has started seeing the UN as a lame duck organization.

As far as UNCLOS is concerned, no laws are broken as China put an exemption clause before signing it.

But at the end of the day, nothing is international law if the P5 does not say so. That's the reality. I understand why India is dying to join.

 

[OrionHunter]

As far as UNCLOS is concerned, no laws are broken as China put an exemption clause before signing it.

But at the end of the day, nothing is international law if the P5 does not say so. That's the reality. I understand why India is dying to join.

We're dying to join to so as to keep you guys in check!!

 

[TaiShang]

We're dying to join to so as to keep you guys in check!!

I guess the current configuration: China+Russia vs. UK-US-France is fine and almost dysfunctional. LOL.