Michael Binyon spent years in Russia, where he was, among other things, Moscow Correspondent for The Times, and a railways enthusiast. He outlines the Chinese ambition for a 'New Silk Road', a train route from China to Europe that bypasses Russia. Read more in The World Today magazine, from Chatham House, February/March 2013 Issue.
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