Global Silk Route Research Alliance
全球丝绸之路研究联盟
Independent Think Tank · Geopolitics · Belt & Road · Eurasia
Author
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad.
He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries. When
he came home he set up the China Study Centre at NUST. He retired from there.
He writes about CPEC and the Belt and Road, and about what China's rise means for
Pakistan. His articles run in Modern Diplomacy and on Think Tank Pakistan, and China
Daily and China News Service have both quoted the work.
11,330 pieces by this author
* The AI technology boom sweeping China is taking root in art studios and modern factories across Jingdezhen, the country's porcelain capital. * During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025),…
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued a new policy directing universities across Pakistan to integrate skill-based education into their academic programmes amid a sharp decline in enrolment. Under the…
Tourists check in and out at a hotel in Lingshui Li Autonomous County in south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng) Nearly 5 billion domestic trips were recorded…
Pakistan’s technology sector achieved a new milestone in September 2025, with monthly IT exports reaching an all-time high of $366 million. This figure represents a 25 percent year-on-year increase and…
In 1985, the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen was a study in contrasts. A newly designated Special Economic Zone, it buzzed with the anxious energy of a nation just cracking…
Tourists visit the Han-cultural Museum in Hepu County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 21, 2025. The Han-cultural Museum of Hepu County, established in 1978, focuses on the historical…
