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Jan 23 2026 
China signs new deals worth $213 billion under the Belt and Road Initiative in 2025
In the chaos, China continues on.
New Rules
China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) just shattered records, signing $213.5 billion in new deals for 2025, a stunning 75% surge. The total now exceeds $1.4 trillion across 150 nations. But the real story is the strategic pivot.
The focus has sharply turned to Africa and Central Asia,… Continue reading
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Oct 17 2023 
Gonna hitch my horse to the Belt and Road
The diplomatic event of the year (decade?) has kicked off in Beijing.
On Tuesday, after weeks of anticipation, the third Belt and Road Forum got underway.
Be there or be square: State media reports that 4,000 delegates representing 140 countries and 30-plus international organizations are attending.
https://english.news.cn/home.htm has the most photography and oh goodness what a lineup it… Continue reading
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Jun 13 2023 
How the BRI train took the road to Shangri-La
In less than a decade, China’s BRI has fundamentally transformed global geopolitics. It is already far too late for the west to compete.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at TheCradle
It is important to recognize that the US/NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is simultaneously a war designed to interrupt the progress of China’s Belt… Continue reading
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Jun 02 2023 
Half the world’s ship cargo now uses China’s BRI
An amazing 149 of the world’s roughly 200 countries have now signed up for the BRI, the biggest trade sharing project in human history. It’s an extraordinary achievement in just a single decade. But the ultimate aim is even more ambitious — global peace through shared prosperity by 2049.
5 Minutes
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May 25 2023 
Eurasian Economic Forum Plenary Session
The Big News: The Eurasian Economic Union, and specifically Belt and Road, is integrating with BRICS.
Karl Sanches grabbed all of the speeches and discussions on his website: https://vk.com/@580896205-eurasian-economic-forum-plenary-session
(Thank you Karl! That was a marathon of work!) Please read it on Karl’s site.
We then ask the question: Why the extensive and detailed transcripts with readouts? It… Continue reading
