Other plans mooted are directed at upgrading energy links and information super highways. The former aims to improve overland connections, while the latter focuses on maritime routes.
Launched towards the end of 2013, the programme encompasses two main initiatives: and a 21st-century Maritime Silk Road. The only means of avoiding this is if European governments and societies subscribe to the project in a critical and constructive spirit, helping to shape it and thereby ensure that it does not become a conduit solely for economic growth, but also for development.Īnalysis: No state-backed project has garnered as much media attention this year, whether inside or outside China, as the new Silk Road, the most conspicuous aspect of which will be an extensive network of communication and transport infrastructure, both new and renovated, to improve connectivity between China, the rest of Eurasia and Africa.
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The initiative is not free of risks for the EU, which could see its international influence eroded meanwhile, corruption and indebtedness have the potential to destabilise such sensitive regions as the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. The Chinese leadership believes that the implementation of this plan will help it secure a range of key objectives in domestic and foreign policy. It is not therefore a case of an altruistic initiative, nor is it an exercise in development aid. The project promises to be an inclusive one, in which there will be space for all types of political regimes and actors, both public and private, based on a market logic that looks set to enable all participants to benefit. Summary: China is using the new Silk Road as a means of positioning itself to play a decisive role in the integration process of Eurasia. We examine its possible implications for Europe, including Spain. This policy has many strands, one of the most prominent being the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Theme: The new Silk Road is the most ambitious international initiative yet to be launched by the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Original version in Spanish: ¿Qué podemos esperar de la nueva Ruta de la Seda y del Banco Asiático de Inversión en Infraestructuras liderados por China?.
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