(Opinion) Silk Road initiatives not simply about trade
2015-01-12 08:53:03 source:China Daily
By Fu Jing
January 11, 2015
"The EU could establish green partnerships with China along modern economic routes
Is it feasible to link Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou with Moscow, Warsaw, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, even London, by high-speed railways? Is it imaginable to light these railways with solar or wind power? Is China willing to turn the new Silk Road Fund, in which it contributed initially $40 billion, into a low-carbon finance engine to generate more green jobs in Asia, Europe and Africa?
More than one year after President Xi Jinping announced China's plan to better connect the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Africa by land and sea, the world has become increasingly familiar with the concepts of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives."
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