Asia Gas Pipeline
Pipeline
In this image, a Chinese employee of Asia Gas Pipeline LLP (AGP) walks across a frozen landscape to inspect a portion of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline. AGP, a joint venture between the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Kazakhstan's state-owned oil and gas company, Kaz Munai Gas, is responsible for the 1,300 km-long Kazakhstan portion of the Turkmen pipeline.
Pannier, Bruce. "China’s Limits In Central Asia." Qishloq Ovozi. Radio Free Europe, 30 Nov. 2014. Web. 7 May 2015. <http://www.rferl.org/content/china-central-asia-/26717574.html>.
Radio Free Europe
2014
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USA Silk Road
From Silk Road to Gas Road
Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Government established the "Silk Road Fund" to "...expand strategic trust through more opening up and connectivity." The fund entails a US$40 billion commitment on the part of China to improve connectivity between China and Central Asia.
The Fund will support both "hard" and "soft" infrastructure. As President Xi announced at the Partner Dialogue: "Connectivity doesn’t just mean building bridges and roads. These are two dimensional links, single line connections. We must also have three dimensional connections, like infrastructure, institutional improvements, and people to people exchanges. We must advance Connectivity side by side, in five different areas: They are the coordination of policies, the connection of facilities unblocking trade, the free flow of capital, and people-to-people communication."
Justin Stern
Bin, Han. "China Pledges 40 Bln US Dollars for Silk Road Fund." CCTV. N.p., 11 Aug. 2014. Web. 5 May 2015.
CCTV
August 2014
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Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
Twenty-First Century Silk Road
The "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" is a new initiative by the Chinese Government to bolster trade across Asia, Europe and Africa. Whereas the "Maritime Silk Road" passes from Southern China through Western Asia, the Middle East and East Africa, the "Silk Road Economic Belt" transits through Northwestern China and Central Asia to reach Turkey and, ultimately, Continental Europe.
Although the vast "Silk Road Economic Belt" is anchored in Central Asia, the project is frequently referred to as a trade and tourism-building partnership between China and Continental Europe.
Justin Stern
Zhendong, Pu, Zhao Yanrong, and Zheng Yangpeng. "State Councilor Urges Cooperation in Silk Road Projects." China Daily [Beijing] 11 Apr. 2014: n. pag. China Daily. 11 Apr. 2014. Web. 7 May 2015.
China Daily
2014
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