by Afshin Molavi | Feb 5, 2019 | China Economy, NewPost, Original Articles, Southeast Asia
Happy Chinese New Year 2019 to all New Silk Road Monitor readers! Chinese New Year is big business for national and foreign firms. Here’s a round-up of some Chinese new year “Year of the Pig” business coverage. Year of the Pig: in Muslim Malaysia,...
by Afshin Molavi | Feb 4, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, China/Middle East, Dubai, Egypt, FiveG (5G), Fourth Industrial Revolution, Logistics, NewPost, Original Articles, Tech Start-Ups
There’s a great piece in the Abu Dhabi-based English daily, The National, that explores the rise of China’s tech players in the UAE. The piece quotes extensively from my friend, Sam Blatteis, who is one of the sharpest analysts and consultants on the New...
by Afshin Molavi | Jan 30, 2019 | Aviation, Dubai, HUBSS, NewPost, Original Articles, Top Ten Lists
It’s appropriate, it seems, to begin the first blog post of the (New) New Silk Road Monitor with a story about airports and Dubai and a Top Ten List. Aviation and logistics will be a perennial theme in these pages, and my own New Silk Road journey has been enhanced...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 29, 2018 | Original Articles
The United Arab Emirates has emerged as a “pivotal” trade and investment partner for the African continent amid a “South-South” commercial revolution reshaping the global economy, a new report by a leading Washington-based think tank notes. The report, entitled “The...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 29, 2018 | Original Articles
In the year 1993, a quiet milestone was achieved in China that would reverberate across the oil-rich states of the Middle East over the next two decades. In that year, for the first time, China’s oil demand exceeded its domestic supply. In effect, the lines on the...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 29, 2018 | Original Articles
Nancy Ajram is Lebanese pop royalty. Her candy-sweet songs are hummed across the Arab world. She’s a natural brand ambassador for the biggest global brands targeting the Arab world — and she has hit the airwaves and billboards across the Middle East on behalf of an...
