China has published on Saturday its plan for VISION AND ACTIONS ON JOINTLY BUILDING SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT AND 21ST-CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD
While this may appear primarily an economic document, I think there can be very little doubt that this is all encompassing strategic plan that the distillation of China's diplomatic, economic and security plans of the last thirty years. In short this is one of the most important documents that will be produced in the 21st Century and will represent the culmination of policy in regards to the Strategic Partnership with Russia, the SCO, ASEAN, BRICS etc.
The timing of the launch of the document to coincide with the founding of the AIIB is likewise no coincidence. On the one hand we have the fund on the other we have the project prospectus to be funded.
The launch of the plan described in the document is a paradigm shift, which marks the return of Pan Continental trade returning to the historical land trade routes which maintained Asian primacy for nearly 2000 years and away from Maritime Trade Routes of the last 500 years which marked the rise of European primacy.
Where of course, money and the trade of goods and ideas goes, the military and security will never be far behind, so I believe that something else is also unveiled with this document. Such routes are valuable if not core interests of China (and its strategic partners). They would therefore be extremely vulnerable if such a plan were launched and actioned without any of the military capability to protect it.
I think we can therefore surmise that the timing of the launch of the plan and bank is also announcement by China of it possessing the military capability of protecting it, whilst being set up and once in place.
Anyway this is a complex and multi layered document and I need to get back to reading it. I thought it was necessary to set the thread sooner rather than later. I hope you all have a good read as well.
While this may appear primarily an economic document, I think there can be very little doubt that this is all encompassing strategic plan that the distillation of China's diplomatic, economic and security plans of the last thirty years. In short this is one of the most important documents that will be produced in the 21st Century and will represent the culmination of policy in regards to the Strategic Partnership with Russia, the SCO, ASEAN, BRICS etc.
The timing of the launch of the document to coincide with the founding of the AIIB is likewise no coincidence. On the one hand we have the fund on the other we have the project prospectus to be funded.
The launch of the plan described in the document is a paradigm shift, which marks the return of Pan Continental trade returning to the historical land trade routes which maintained Asian primacy for nearly 2000 years and away from Maritime Trade Routes of the last 500 years which marked the rise of European primacy.
Where of course, money and the trade of goods and ideas goes, the military and security will never be far behind, so I believe that something else is also unveiled with this document. Such routes are valuable if not core interests of China (and its strategic partners). They would therefore be extremely vulnerable if such a plan were launched and actioned without any of the military capability to protect it.
I think we can therefore surmise that the timing of the launch of the plan and bank is also announcement by China of it possessing the military capability of protecting it, whilst being set up and once in place.
Anyway this is a complex and multi layered document and I need to get back to reading it. I thought it was necessary to set the thread sooner rather than later. I hope you all have a good read as well.