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The BRI is Dead? Long Live the BRI? Part IV-Bad Flail at the Rail(way) or How Not to Confront the BRI

January 5, 2024

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has generated so much commentary that it is conceivable that if one printed out all the relevant pages and laid them end-to-end the length might approach that of all the railway track laid under the aegis of the BRI![i] Further commentary seems even more...

Belt and Road Forum, II, part I-Cleaning Up the House

May 1, 2019

At the recent Belt and Road Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed China would adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption regarding its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Interestingly, Xi mentioned this while refuting charges China was using the “honey pot” of BRI money to take over other country’s valuable assets...

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MNC Center Executive Director

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Smart moves and cracked chips; Mine cave in; requesting gold for frozen steel; shopping for success; social media turnoffs and blockages

August 24, 2026

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Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Ph.D.

Putting Chinese outward FDI in a Bind

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Lite Shouldn’t Corrupt Your Thinking

The High Costs of Addressing the High Costs of Low Costs

Chipping Away the Politico-Economic Implications of the US Stake in Intel

Apple Sauced and the Ripening of New Pathways

Killing Chinese Life Sciences, Part IV: Poison “Bills,” Side Effects, and Immunizations

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