Belt and Road Initiative
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Asia
Commentary: China has invested billions in ports around the world. This is why the West is so concerned
MILITARY CONCERNS These moves have prompted concern in Washington that China is challenging US influence in its own backyard. China…
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China builds up private security to protect overseas interests in hostile, unstable regions
Muhammad Jilani, a private security adviser in Pakistan, said that the growing presence and expanding scope of the Belt and…
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Italy reportedly drops out of China Belt and Road initiative that failed to deliver
MILAN: Italy has formally withdrawn from China’s global Belt and Road initiative that seeks to deepen relations with foreign countries…
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Commentary: The G20’s approach to debt has failed
CHINA HAS A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF COMMON FRAMEWORK It is by now clear however that China either had a very…
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China owed more than US$1 trillion in Belt and Road debt: Report
BEIJING: China is owed more than a trillion dollars through its Belt and Road project, making it the biggest debt…
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Commentary: Xi-Putin Belt and Road meeting highlights Russia’s role as China’s junior partner
Perhaps the most instructive aspect of the visit was Putin’s explicit acknowledgement of the different roles played by Moscow and…
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China’s historic hub of Xi’an revitalised as key trading crossroad under Belt and Road Initiative
“Of course, with the continuous expansion of the scale of our enterprises, we have created more jobs, which has led…
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China’s Xi announces over US$100 billion in new Belt and Road funding
Both will set up financing opportunities of 350 billion yuan (US$47.9 billion) for BRI projects, he said. An additional 80…
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Xi Jinping says China rejects ‘economic coercion, decoupling’
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country rejected “economic coercion” and decoupling on Wednesday (Oct 18), as he addressed…
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Mongolia looking to diversify economy beyond mining sector
“We can’t wholly understand a market by just going on a few business trips,” she added. “While we are doing a…
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