Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ Rethreading…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> widens <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> "highway" with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a> mega port as part of its audacious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRI</span></a></p><p>Over last 10 yrs, it has unseated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> as largest trade partner for South America</p><p>While rest of the world is struggling with longer shipping times because of disruptions in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSea</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PanamaCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PanamaCanal</span></a> shipping, the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> controlled port in South America will be able to cut journey time to Asia by 2 weeks</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-widens-south-america-trade-highway-with-silk-road-mega-port-2024-01-18/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/china/china-</span><span class="invisible">widens-south-america-trade-highway-with-silk-road-mega-port-2024-01-18/</span></a></p>
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ Rethreading…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinocentricGlobalOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinocentricGlobalOrder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRI</span></a>), initially consisted of land-based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a> Belt and a "Road" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> Initiative.</p><p>It repeatedly broke geographic boundaries, reaching into the Pacific Islands, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> and even outer space.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PolarSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarSilkRoad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> is not an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> country— NO border with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArcticSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticSea</span></a> nor sovereignty on under-continental shelves.</p><p>Yet, it defines itself as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NearArcticState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NearArcticState</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111630911378365445" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11630911378365445</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eastasiaforum.org/2023/11/24/pondering-the-bris-alleged-new-roads/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eastasiaforum.org/2023/11/24/p</span><span class="invisible">ondering-the-bris-alleged-new-roads/</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> widens <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> "highway" with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a> mega port as part of its audacious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRI</span></a></p><p>Over last 10 yrs, it has unseated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> as largest trade partner for South America, devouring its soy, corn & copper</p><p>While rest of the world is struggling with longer shipping times because of disruptions in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSea</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PanamaCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PanamaCanal</span></a> shipping, the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> controlled port in South America will be able to cut journey time to Asia by 2 weeks</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-widens-south-america-trade-highway-with-silk-road-mega-port-2024-01-18/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/china/china-</span><span class="invisible">widens-south-america-trade-highway-with-silk-road-mega-port-2024-01-18/</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Samarkand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samarkand</span></a> was a major <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilkRoad</span></a> trading hub for more than 2,500 years. Now, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uzbek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uzbek</span></a> city has a major new tourism complex. </p><p>Wonder if Samarkand aspires to rival or dethrone <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mecca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mecca</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> travel destination as well:</p><p>"Shah-i-Zinda is Samarkand's holiest site," … the giant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/necropolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>necropolis</span></a> dedicated to Qasim Ibn Abbas, cousin of the Prophet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muhammad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muhammad</span></a>, who was responsible for bringing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> to this part of the world in the 7th Century. <br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShahIZinda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShahIZinda</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240110-central-asias-glittering-new-silk-road-jewel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/travel/article/2024011</span><span class="invisible">0-central-asias-glittering-new-silk-road-jewel</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ Sudden rush to seal up alliances between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> & arctic nations of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a>, & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a></p><p>10 years ago, just before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> attacked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> and annexed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> announced its audacious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a> vision, aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/encircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encircle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurasia</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarEast</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnglishChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishChannel</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contiguous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contiguous</span></a> land & maritime belts</p><p>5 years ago, China unveiled its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PolarSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarSilkRoad</span></a> vision to reach <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a> across <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-arctic/china-unveils-vision-for-polar-silk-road-across-arctic-idUSKBN1FF0J8/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/article/us-china-a</span><span class="invisible">rctic/china-unveils-vision-for-polar-silk-road-across-arctic-idUSKBN1FF0J8/</span></a></p><p>This year ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111591513022426045" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11591513022426045</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransEurasian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransEurasian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a> winds through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a>, aligned with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RevanchistDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevanchistDreams</span></a> that include former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> countries</p><p>Not really new, the audacious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> seeks to establish <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CONTIGUOUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CONTIGUOUS</span></a> land & maritime routes from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> across <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurasia</span></a></p><p>Only now, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> nations <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCC</span></a>, & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArabLeague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabLeague</span></a> joined China’s grand vision in hopes of reviving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabism</span></a>, which hinges on eliminating both Israel & US <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromTheRiverToTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromTheRiverToTheSea</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EyesOnSuez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EyesOnSuez</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/report/iran-looks-east-building-ties-china" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heritage.org/middle-east/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/iran-looks-east-building-ties-china</span></a></p>
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