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

[Sheikh Rauf]

Brave initiative and Excellent for business linkage is very very impt either its air sea road or train if you have all of em evailable then you will boom in case of emergency enemy wont be able to block everything Good move by China.
countries who trying hard to Block China to show off their Fake shining are gonna cry in every artical you read..

 

[GURU DUTT]

India boycotts One Belt One Road Summit in China
By Ritu Sharma | Express News Service | Published: 13th May 2017 01:44 PM |

Last Updated: 13th May 2017 11:17 PM | A+A A- |

An attendee at a conference looks up near a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping with the words 'Xi Jinping and One Belt One Road' and 'One Belt One Road strategy,' in Beijing. (Photo|AP)

NEW DELHI: As the leaders of 29 countries of the world are gathering on Sunday to attend the summit in China on One Belt One Road – the modern day version of the ancient Silk Route – India on Saturday decided to boycott the project as a part of it passes through the Azad Kashmir. India categorically stated that connectivity projects must "respect sovereignty and territorial integrity" .

India had got the official invite to attend the six forums during the two day conference that begins on Sunday. All the South Asian countries barring India have already signed up for OBOR. The US, after initial hesitance on the ambitious project that will create a network of road, rail and ports between Asia, Africa and Europe, has come around and will be taking part in the summit. Sitting on the head of one of the busiest shipping lanes, India’s non-participating is going to be hurt both India’s and China’s interests.

The Ministry of External Affairs' (MEA) Spokesperson Gopal Baglay (MEA) said, "Guided by our principled position in the matter, we have been urging China to engage in a meaningful dialogue on its connectivity initiative, ‘One Belt, One Road’ which was later renamed as ‘Belt and Road Initiative’. We are awaiting a positive response from the Chinese side." MEA also enumerated various bilateral initiatives it has undertaken with other countries.

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India’s primary objection to the OBOR that it sees as a ‘unilateral’ or ‘national’ initiative of China is that one of its subsets – China-Pakistan Economic Corridor traverse through Gilgit-Batlistan that India considers to be its territory.

"Regarding the so-called ‘China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’, which is being projected as the flagship project of the BRI/OBOR, the international community is well aware of India’s position. No country can accept a project that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity, " Baglay added.

India also hinted at how OBOR projects have been creating bad debt in countries where the projects have been undertaken. " Connectivity initiatives must follow principles of financial responsibility to avoid projects that would create unsustainable debt burden for communities; balanced ecological and environmental protection and preservation standards; transparent assessment of project costs; and skill and technology transfer to help long term running and maintenance of the assets created by local communities, " Indian position read.

Former Indian Ambassador to China Ashok K Kantha said that India and China has lot of space for bilateral engagement but that should not be “contingent” on India joining or giving a blanket endorsement for OBOR. “India has some valid reservations, especially when China itself considers sovereignty as one of the core interests. CPEC has geo-strategic implications for India. Also OBOR is a Chinese initiatives so we endorsing it is not a realistic expectation,” Kantha told the Express.

Kantha was Ambassador to China as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank took shape as multilateral financial institution and he thinks it could pave the way ahead for cooperation on the connectivity front too. “It needs pragmatic approach on China’s part as well. We will be two largest economies of the world by 2030. So joining OBOR, which is going to have strategic agenda for China, as a junior partner is highly unlikely for India. It might work for smaller countries, but for India it is a difficult proposition,” Kantha added.

Speaking at the 2nd Raisina Dialogue earlier this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in reference to OBOR (without naming it) had said: “However, equally, connectivity in itself cannot override or undermine the sovereignty of other nations. Only by respecting the sovereignty of countries involved can regional connectivity corridors fulfill their promise and avoid differences and discord.”

http://www.newindianexpress.com/wor...ne-belt-one-road-summit-in-china-1604412.html

i hope this makes it pretty clear we are not coming and boycott means that we are not going to be part of any such move ... how hard is it & @WebMaster why such threads keep propping up and your keeping silent ?

 

[AndrewJin]

Its not so much that China is loosing the manufacturing edge but it is the advent of the new manufacturing age with robotics and 3D printing technologies which are making the old way of labor intensive manufacturing obsolete.

West would be in-sourcing those manufacturing plants to their shores but will only bring back fraction of the jobs that were outsourced decades ago due to automation while China would have the manufacturing technology but needs to find new markets in emerging world.

An argarian country clearly has not clue in this new technological revolution. They still count on the god of rain for their primitive agricultural sector. Their entire economy is smaller than Western China's.

Automated port, Qingdao City

Brave initiative and Excellent for business linkage is very very impt either its air sea road or train if you have all of em evailable then you will boom in case of emergency enemy wont be able to block everything Good move by China.
countries who trying hard to Block China to show off their Fake shining are gonna cry in every artical you read..

Their view is irrelevant.
The point is we and all parcipating countries will prosper from this grand geopolitical paradigm shift.

Looks like more shipping lines will be going out of business like Hanjin...

Different types of products.
Today computers r being transported via this route. Shipping will be equally important, as in the maritime Silk Road.

 

[Fledgingwings]

I want to see 10000 cargo trains running annually between the EU and China by 2020.

It wont take long once it gets started.

 

[shadows888]

There is nothing that India will get from OBOR. India is well connected to the world as it sits in the midst of Indian ocean through which 60% of world trade flows.

... what nonsense, all those trade flows are passing by Indian ocean, not going to port, unless your charging a transit fee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_container_ports

 

[AndrewJin]

... what nonsense, all those trade flows are passing by Indian ocean, not going to port, unless your charging a transit fee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_container_ports

Ports to india are new ideas, do they have any modern big port?

 

[grey boy 2]

1000th trip this year for Sino-Europe freight train
(CNTV) 10:45, May 14, 2017
The 1,000th freight train connecting China and Europe this year departed Yiwu in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, bound for Madrid.

The Yixin’ou line runs freight services twice per week with a lead time of 16 days. This allows goods from China to arrive in Europe in a shorter time than via shipping by sea.

CGTN Photo

The train carries Yiwu’s small commodities such as household items, toys, decors, and garments to Europe. Upon return, European goods such as wine, olive oil and cosmetic products are imported to China. Trains returning from Europe are now scheduled for once a month.

The Yixin’ou line launched its maiden trip in November 2014. This rail link, measuring over 13,000 kilometers, is by far the longest in the world.

Since then, Yiwu has started operation of a direct rail freight service to London. The Yiwu-London line passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France.

CGTN Photo

As part of their intercontinental rail freight services, the CR Express has now developed a total of 39 train routes connecting 16 cities in China to Europe. Rail freight provides a cheaper shipment method to air, and a more time-efficient option than sea.

According to logistics expert Wang Jianming from Yiwu, the launch of the Yixin’ou lines not only strengthens trade ties between China and Europe, but also promotes people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

He reveals that the city of Yiwu is also holding discussions with European countries such as Latvia and Poland to establish partnerships and collaborations in trade, education and logistics sectors.

Wang is optimistic that collaborations between China and Europe will flourish as the CR Express runs on a more frequent basis.
http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0514/c90000-9215085.html

 

[cirr]

1000th trip this year for Sino-Europe freight train
(CNTV) 10:45, May 14, 2017
The 1,000th freight train connecting China and Europe this year departed Yiwu in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, bound for Madrid.

The Yixin’ou line runs freight services twice per week with a lead time of 16 days. This allows goods from China to arrive in Europe in a shorter time than via shipping by sea.

CGTN Photo

The train carries Yiwu’s small commodities such as household items, toys, decors, and garments to Europe. Upon return, European goods such as wine, olive oil and cosmetic products are imported to China. Trains returning from Europe are now scheduled for once a month.

The Yixin’ou line launched its maiden trip in November 2014. This rail link, measuring over 13,000 kilometers, is by far the longest in the world.

Since then, Yiwu has started operation of a direct rail freight service to London. The Yiwu-London line passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France.

CGTN Photo

As part of their intercontinental rail freight services, the CR Express has now developed a total of 39 train routes connecting 16 cities in China to Europe. Rail freight provides a cheaper shipment method to air, and a more time-efficient option than sea.

According to logistics expert Wang Jianming from Yiwu, the launch of the Yixin’ou lines not only strengthens trade ties between China and Europe, but also promotes people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

He reveals that the city of Yiwu is also holding discussions with European countries such as Latvia and Poland to establish partnerships and collaborations in trade, education and logistics sectors.

Wang is optimistic that collaborations between China and Europe will flourish as the CR Express runs on a more frequent basis.
http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0514/c90000-9215085.html

Barely four and a half months into this year there are already 1000 cargo trains between China and Europe?

Over 2500 for the whole of 2017?

 

[cirr]

... what nonsense, all those trade flows are passing by Indian ocean, not going to port, unless your charging a transit fee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_container_ports

lol...it is extremely hard nigh impossible to drive some sense into the head of our Indian friends.

 

[grey boy 2]

so India did not Boycott China's OBOR?

 

[Banglar Bir]

Aung San Suu Kyi to attend Belt and Road forum in Beijing
SAM Staff, May 13, 2017

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation scheduled for Sunday and Monday in Beijing, the Myanmar Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.

This will be Aung San Suu Kyi’s second trip to China since her National League for Democracy took power in April 2016.

Located on the routes of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Myanmar is key partner of China under the Belt and Road Initiative, which envisions trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along ancient trade routes over land and sea.

 

[asgur]

So no more nucking each other, i guess?

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

Is it a comedy or a farce... very difficult to ascertain its nature.

By 'boycotting' OBOR what has india achieved? In practical, tangible terms... What?

If india wishes to become a great regional power someday in the future..then it needs to change its paradigms.

Very unconstructive behaviour.

Not only 'boycotting' OBOR Summit but also all this silly media hype... what has it achieved on global power balance...

If the idea was to inflict slight, insult on PRC by trying to be a fly-in-the-soup... dear indians... nobody noticed your boycot. Sad truth for you.

The OBOR is the Biggest Contructive Project in History!

So per default, indians have boycotted the Future. Tragic.

IT was just a first summit of the OBOR... many more to come...

 

[StraightShooter]

An argarian country clearly has not clue in this new technological revolution. They still count on the god of rain for their primitive agricultural sector. Their entire economy is smaller than Western China's.

Automated port, Qingdao City

And you think none of the countries from the West has this type of technology and infrastructure?

 

[maximuswarrior]

Chinese are loosing manufacturing edge, I doubt the numbers.

You are mistaken. You are the only sore loser in this whole episode.