Tag: China’s Belt and Road Initiative*
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Turkey’s Infrastructure and the Belt Road Initiative
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M034 Creator: Raymond Yu ’19 Optics Turkey is one of the earliest supporting members of the Belt Road Initiative. Its geological location serves as the bridge between Europe and Asia, and providing access to the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. China’s ambition is to utilize Turkey’s transportation system, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway…
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Tallinn – Helsinki – Kirkenes Rail Route
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M033 Creator: Bethany Tallis ’20 Environmental Studies This map highlights part of the Belt and Road Initiative to be built within Estonia, Finland and Norway. China has recently invested €15 billion into an underwater sea tunnel which will link Tallinn and Helsinki and help decrease commuting times from 2 hours to just…
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Cooperation Between the Philippines and China in B&R
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M031 Creator: Zirui Li This map depicts the major Chinese infrastructure investment in the Philippines. The investments have expanded to various cities and various industries. There are two oil joint development areas. This map also shows the political stability of different provinces which indirectly reflects the stability of the investment projects there.…
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Turkmenistan Gas and Infrastructure BRI
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M030 Creator: Ian Brodka ’19 Chemical Engineering Turkmenistan’s gas and shipping infrastructure is rather well integrated into the country and the surrounding counties. The points to notice are the pipelines and where they go. The infrastructure on the Eastern side of Turkmenistan is fairly new and recent due to China’s involvement in…
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Pakistan in the Belt and Road Initiative
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M029 Creator: Yulin Han ’19 International Relations The entire map is combined by two parts: a main map of Pakistan indicating the GDP per capita ranking of different provinces and infrastructure projects of the China-Pakistan economic corridor, and an attached map indicating the geographical importance of access of Pakistan, especially the Gwadar port.…
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India and the One Belt One Road Initiative
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M027 Creator: Jason Hurlbut ’21 Applied Music
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“Belt and Road Initiative” in Thailand
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M026 Creator: Yifei Lin ’20 Biology This map shows both the ongoing and planned/potential projects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Thailand since China and Thailand signed the BRI contract. The projects categories vary but with a focus on infrastructures, such as high-speed railway as part of Kunming-Singapore Railway project, Greater…
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Greece: China’s Gateway to the West
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M025 Creator: Charles Gould ’21 History & Environmental Science In 2008, the so-called “Great Recession” swept across the world, emanating from the United States. In the European Union, no country suffered for longer than Greece, which experienced 90 months of negative economic growth between 2007 and 2017. As western investment dried up,…