|
- China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns 10. Here’s what to know
This fall marks ten years since Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative, the vast infrastructure project that China devised to boost trade and connectivity across Asia, Europe and Africa
- China’s $900 billion New Silk Road. What you need to know
Chinese manufacturing also stands to gain The country’s vast industrial overcapacity – mainly in the creation of steel and heavy equipment – could find lucrative outlets along the New Silk Road, and this could allow Chinese manufacturing to swing towards higher-end industrial goods
- What you need to know to understand Belt and Road
Chinese companies are already planning to engage in deep-space economic activity, like building orbit solar power plants, and mining asteroids and the moon One or more Sputnik moments - when Chinese technology leaps far ahead of what the West can do - will offer the final and most meaningful metric of success for the Belt and Road
- 5 feats of engineering that showcase China’s growing power
Key to cementing China’s position as a global economic power is the huge Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, or the so-called New Silk Road Morgan Stanley predicts China’s investment in B R countries will increase by 14% annually over the next two years and that the total investment is likely to double to as much as $1 3 trillion by 2027
- When will autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars hit the road?
The road ahead As the data suggests, some key markets are set to dominate deployment in the years ahead, focused on the US, China and Europe Equally, while all the hype might have been about self-driving cars, it is now the widespread use of robotaxis shuttles and autonomous trucks that is closer to reality
- Trump tariffs: Visualising new US trade restrictions
Since returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump has threatened and imposed new trade tariffs Here are infographics to help explain their impact
- A brief history of globalization | World Economic Forum
When Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba in 2018 announced it had chosen the ancient city of Xi’an as the site for its new regional headquarters, the symbolic value wasn’t lost on the company: it had brought globalization to its ancient birthplace, the start of the old Silk Road It named its new offices aptly: “ Silk Road Headquarters ” The city where globalization had started more than
- EVs to reach 25% of global car sales this year and other climate news
Other top nature and climate news to know: Wildfire pollution reaches homes of one billion every year; Europe unblocked over 500 dams in 2024
|
|
|