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Continue reading →: Welcome to the Financial Silk RoadThis website updates and deepens our understanding of China’s international finance. These days, China’s economic expansion is at the heart of international political and economic debates. However, knowledge of how international finance works in general, and particularly the part involving China, is still limited. The goal is to expand this…
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Continue reading →: The intimate relationship between banks and the Silk RoadBanking has always maintained a close relationship with commerce in general, and with trade along the Silk Road in particular. Economic historians largely agree that modern European banking was born in the two famous maritime republics of Venice and Genoa during the 12th century. The original purpose of these banks…
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Continue reading →: Bits of History #1The return of China – Relations between China and the West underwent a radical shift starting in 1971, when the United States adopted a new strategy toward Beijing – a policy that began taking shape after Richard Nixon’s inauguration in January 1969. From the outset, Nixon’s Asia strategy aimed at…
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Continue reading →: Why the Silk Road?Silk Road is a widely used term to describe both historical and contemporary events related to the encounter between China and the West, particularly between China and Europe. However, it remains a vague term, especially because it refers to a phenomenon that is vast in both spatial and temporal dimensions.…
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