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The initiative spearheaded by the Chinese government and endorsed by President Xi Jinping in late 2013 aims to improve trade and economic integration across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Helping bolster trade and supply routes in developing parts of the world are to Beijing’s advantage and it has all to lose by impoverishing nations
Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.
In St Petersburg, Russian president tells Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi he will attend Belt and Road Forum, saying the strategy ‘fully meets and coincides’ with Russia’s interests.
Research team studies nine different ways to consolidate marble stones with patented combination of methods used in church restoration project.
Big powers consider Eritrea’s access to the Red Sea, Suez Canal and Persian Gulf waters and onwards to the Indian Ocean important.
China’s top diplomat makes a surprise stop in Addis Ababa and says Beijing is ‘willing to play a positive role in easing Ethiopia’s debt pressure’.
Xuzhou will promote the use of the digital yuan in cross-border trade with Belt and Road countries using its connectivity via 18 regular cross-border railway lines to 21 countries in Europe and Asia.
President Joko Widodo, who inspected a new railway station, said the project was 88.8 per cent complete and its commercial launch is expected in June 2023.
African leaders have expressed their disappointment at the lack of interest and apparent snubs from their European counterparts.
Rivalry between China and the US in the region is ‘greatly affecting capital flows’, but demand for projects under the Belt and Road Initiative remains, analysts say.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is likely to bring enormous economic benefits to Central Asia and western China, but it could also stoke geopolitical rivalry between Beijing, Moscow and Washington.
Chinese leader says Beijing opposes any attempts by foreign forces to cause trouble and backs security crackdown.
Groups such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and al-Shabab in Somalia may step up their insurgencies after the fall of the Afghan capital.
The joint drills show mutual determination to combat terrorism and effectively respond to terrorist threats, China’s public security minister said
The China Gezhouba Group Company suspended work on the Dasu hydro project in Kohistan.
Delayed schemes could be resurrected after Xi, Hassan chat.
Beijing has invested billions of dollars in the Western Balkans as part of its Belt and Road Initiative to expand Chinese influence in the region.
Timing of attack – which killed five people at a Quetta hotel where the Chinese ambassador was staying – could rattle investor confidence, observers say.
The Balkan nation had begged Brussels to help cover the costs of the project, which has been described as one of the most expensive stretches of road in the world.
The latest revision, agreed by Muhyiddin Yassin’s government, increases the cost to US$12.08 billion, and takes the length back up to 665km
Hundreds of specialists are working in Zambia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and elsewhere.
Ambitious rail project from Kenyan coast to landlocked countries in the Great Lakes region stalled.
Legislation passed by Canberra could derail projects linked to China’s international connectivity scheme.
The law allows the federal government to block any pact between Australian states and a foreign government, such as Victoria’s belt and road deal with China.
The pandemic will accelerate investment in low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure, and projects that enhance digital connectivity and public health, in countries covered by China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to Moody’s.
A joint visit by India’s foreign secretary and army chief to Naypyidaw shows New Delhi is ready to strengthen ties amid China’s growing presence in the region.