China’s President Xi Jinping’s dreaming of a world-spanning network of trade routes and economic corridors. This is worldwide investing in new transport routes. An Overview.
The “silk road”summit in Beijing, representatives from more than 100 countries take part in this Friday and Saturday. All of them are interested in a project with the Beijing of a new world order “Made in China” is building the “New silk road”.
China is linked with the 2013-announced Initiative on the historical trade route from antiquity and the early middle ages. The geo-strategic projects has to do with camel caravans, or the ancient trade routes between China and Europe, but only a little.
It is about billion in loans, and the construction of roads, Railways and ports all over the world. According to the ideas of the Beijing leadership, the Route will boost the trade within Asia and with Europe and Africa.
The planned transport network is correspondingly extensive. Already now railway routes from East Asia to Western Europe. From Beijing, goods can get to the Rail via Moscow, Hamburg, London or Madrid. In the future, the way to Europe to lead a southern rail route. There is provided a Route through which Iran’s capital, Tehran, and the Turkish Istanbul are connected. From southern China, flows of goods are also up to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
China’s President Xi Jinping’s dreaming of a world-spanning network of trade routes and economic corridors. The rail network is to be expanded, therefore, also in Africa. And not only that: On the African continent, several new ports are to be created, so that the “New silk road” is the ship still in better condition. Here, in particular, East Africa is strengthened niche Region of Kenya and Tanzania. From there a vessel could extend the route to South-East Asia, where, for example, in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Malaysia, new ports should be built.