{"id":2456,"date":"2020-04-01T13:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itasean.org\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2021-03-14T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T10:42:33","slug":"beltroadiniziative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itasean.org\/en\/beltroadiniziative\/","title":{"rendered":"Has BRI been infected?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container inner-relative-wrapper\"><div class=\"row section-theme-padding\"><div class=\"row-cols-wrap vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\" >The impact of Covid-19 on ASEAN countries, through interrupted supplies and quarantined workers.<\/h2>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Covid-19, after the spread in China and the consequent severe restrictive measures, has also spread in ASEAN countries. That resulted in the shutdown of several productive establishments (as it happened in Cambodia for more than two-hundreds factories, which had their productivity interrupted because of the lack of Chinese raw materials). Furthermore, it caused the halt of important infrastructural projects, including those related to the Belt and Road Initiative, (BRI; the Chinese strategic project aimed to connect the Country and its economic partners through new strategical roads, railways and maritime thoroughfares)<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN authorities are beginning to assess the damages due to the Coronavirus. Delays on BRI related projects, in particular, could hamper economic recovery in the next months.<\/p>\n<p>In Indonesia, the Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs announced the delay of the 6 billion high speed railway that will link Jakarta to Bandung: 50% of the materials and 20% of the workers are from China. The construction of the 510 MW hydropower plant in Batang Toru was interrupted too.<\/p>\n<p>Delays are also occurring in Cambodia, where BRI rendered Sihanoukville special economic zone, in the province of Preah Sihanouk, with the purpose of creating an ideal investment platform for companies in the ASEAN area. \nThe project is suffering from a gradual lack of supplies from China, and it is seeing the offices of Chinese leaders remain empty.\nThat will result in a further prolongation of the construction time and it will exponentially increase the costs. However, The Cambodian leader Hun Sen stays positive, hoping that the fabrication will resume after the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In Malaysia, up until one month ago, Malaysia Rail Link assured that the East Coast Rail Link \u2013 which is worth 10.4 billions and which will link Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya to east coast states such as Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan - wouldn\u2019t have been subject of any delay. Due to the current decisions taken by Malaysian government, which put the state in a total lockdown, at least for the next 14 days it is not excluded that slowdowns or temporary interruptions will occur for the project, which is currently completed at 15% .<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the virus is not slowing the China-Laos Railway down, due to be ready for 2021, that will transform Laos from a landlocked country into a terrestrial hub.\nThe central administration had already decided not to interrupt for the Spring Festival: officials and workers have stayed on the construction site, sheltered from the Covid outbreak. Moreover, Chinese and Laotian engineers are starting to lay the foundations of the electricity line, the first BOT (build- operate-transfer) electricity grid in Laos, which will supply the railway.<\/p>\n<p>BRI has a targeted completion date of 2049, but even this date seems to waver as the virus\u2019s impact on economy will be felt for many years to come.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container inner-relative-wrapper\"><div class=\"row section-theme-padding\"><div class=\"row-cols-wrap vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><em>Articole edited by Gabriel Zurlo Sconosciuto<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L\u2019impatto del Covid-19 sui Paesi ASEAN, tra approvvigionamenti interrotti e lavoratori quarantenati Dopo la Cina, anche i Paesi ASEAN sono impegnati nel contrasto al Covid-19. Ne \u00e8 risultato il blocco di diversi stabilimenti produttivi (come in Cambogia, dove pi\u00f9 di 200 fabbriche hanno interrotto la produzione per la mancanza di materie prime provenienti dalla Cina)<a class=\"btn btn-primary more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itasean.org\/en\/beltroadiniziative\/\">Continue reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[92,512],"tags":[105,260,262],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La BRI \u00e8 stata contagiata? 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