James Crabtree

The great Chinese power grab

Vast rail projects and oil pipelines now follow the old silk roads in China’s ever-expanding infrastructure stretching from Central Asia to the Baltic

issue 01 December 2018

  • The New Silk Roads: The Present and the Future of the World

    Peter Frankopan

    Bloomsbury, pp. 313

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