Reconnecting Asia
Reconnecting Asia is an interactive map in addition to database of infrastructure projects that are beingness developed across Asia. The map is focused on shipping projects, involving roads, railways, in addition to ports, which accept been developed or proposed betwixt 2006 in addition to today inwards the supercontinent of Eurasia.
Projects on the map are categorized into iii categories - roads, railroads in addition to ports. The map besides includes a seat out of options which let you lot to filter the map past times type of project, engagement or locations. You tin besides search the map past times private projection name. If you lot pick out a projection on the map you lot tin click through when to a greater extent than details are available. These details include information on construction dates, full toll of the projection in addition to details on the funders & constructors involved.
China has already spent to a greater extent than than 25 billion dollars on its Belt in addition to Road Initiative (BRI). The first is designed to practise the infrastructure to secure China’s merchandise routes in addition to unloosen energy supplies. It is besides beingness used to increase China's influence inwards the residuum of the world.
The Mercator Institute for China Studies Belt in addition to Road Tracker is an interactive map which shows some of the many BRI projects spanning Asia, the Middle East, Europe in addition to Africa. These projects include huge carry in addition to stone oil & gas pipeline networks. The map sidebar allows you lot to present or shroud unlike types of infrastructure projection on the map. These include the railroads, ports in addition to gas & stone oil pipelines which China has already constructed every bit business office of its BRI. It besides allows you lot to persuasion railroads, ports in addition to gas & stone oil pipelines which China plans to build inwards the nearly future.
In One Belt, One Road the Financial Times besides explores some of the construction projects beingness created past times China to carry people in addition to goods unopen to the world. In The 5 brain projects of the Belt in addition to Road Initiative the South China Morning Post explores 5 huge Chinese infrastructure projects. These include a rail route from China to London, Gwadar Port, a rail route to Iran, the Asian gas pipeline in addition to the Khorgas Gateway.
