Latest buzz: The New Silk Road – Tim Johnson’s blog

From Tim Johnson’s blog (photo from the blog):

Camel caravans that once plied the Silk Road from the Middle East to Asia largely stopped traveling some 700 years ago, slowing an era of global trade between the two regions.

Now the trade is back, and some experts have come up with the term the “New Silk Road.” [Full Text]

- Gulf Times’ China, India ripe for investments from Middle East

DOHA: Resource-rich Middle East has an ideal investment platform in China and India, two emerging economies with huge markets, experts told the China, India ripe for investments from Middle East here yesterday.

Panelists at a session of the Forum said the Middle East, flush with cash, could provide Asia, particularly China and India, with the much-needed capital for development.

- And Financial Times’ On Asia: Potholes on the New Silk Road