Belt and Road Initiative
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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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Cash, corruption, crumbling dams — that’s China’s BRI, 10 years in
By Elaine Dezenski, Senior Director, Center on Economic and Financial Power, FDD The opinions expressed in this article are those of…
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A decade on, has China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative benefitted Central Asia?
However, growth has been slow in recent years, hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has also forced…
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Ports, railways, a naval base: China’s Belt and Road in five projects
BEIJING: China’s landmark Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has thousands of infrastructure projects in every corner of the globe, generating…
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How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts
BEIJING: China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted…
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Belt and Road Initiative boosts China’s clout overseas, but concerns like debt-trap diplomacy remain: Observers
STRONG DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS, BUT ISSUES REMAIN The BRI was started in 2013, when Mr Xi highlighted the need to establish…
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China prepares for Belt and Road summit under shadow of Israel-Gaza war
BEIJING: China prepared on Monday (Oct 16) to host representatives of 130 countries for a forum that will be overshadowed…
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Putin sees Belt and Road Initiative as China’s desire to cooperate
BEIJING: Russia President Vladimir Putin said that he sees China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a desire to cooperate…
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